Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	29368
Country	Japan

Received	2016-08-11 10:06
Peer-Review Started	2016-08-11 17:24
To Make the First Decision	2016-09-13 14:07
Return for Revision	2016-09-14 16:21
Revised	2016-09-26 06:59
Second Decision	2016-10-26 16:02
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2016-10-26 16:21
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2016-11-02 11:00
Articles in Press	2016-11-02 11:06
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Typeset the Manuscript	2016-12-23 17:37
Publish the Manuscript Online	2017-01-06 08:51

ISSN	1948-5182 (online)
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Prospective Study
Article Title	Shear wave elastography in hepatitis C patients before and after antiviral therapy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Toshikuni Suda, Osamu Okawa, Rion Masaoka, Yoshinori Gyotoku, Naohiko Tokutomi, Yasumi Katayama and Masaya Tamano
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Masaya Tamano, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama 343-8555, Japan. mstamano@dokkyomed.ac.jp
Key Words	Hepatocarcinogenesis; Sustained virological response; Antiviral therapy; Shear wave elastography; Hepatitis C
Core Tip	This study is the first to compare liver stiff-ness in a group of hepatitis C patients in whom the virus was eliminated with antiviral therapy and a group of untreated hepatitis C patients using shear wave elastography. The liver stiffness value was higher in the untreated group than in the group in which the virus had been eliminated, which is thought to be due hepatitis activity. This study also suggests the possi-bility that liver stiffness measurements with shear wave elastography can be used as predictors of hepato-carcinogenesis in patients in whom the virus has been eliminated.
Publish Date	2017-01-06 08:51
Citation	Suda T, Okawa O, Masaoka R, Gyotoku Y, Tokutomi N, Katayama Y, Tamano M. Shear wave elastography in hepatitis C patients before and after antiviral therapy. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(1): 64-68
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v9/i1/64.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i1.64

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