| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Autobiography |
| Article Title |
Factors correlating with acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in chronic hepatitis C
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Toru Nishikawa, Senju Hashimoto, Naoto Kawabe, Masao Harata, Yoshifumi Nitta, Michihito Murao, Takuji Nakano, Yuko Mizuno, Hiroaki Shimazaki, Toshiki Kan, Kazunori Nakaoka, Yuka Takagawa, Masashi Ohki, Naohiro Ichino, Keisuke Osakabe and Kentaro Yoshioka |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities of the Japanese Government |
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| Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of the Japanese Government |
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| Corresponding Author |
Kentaro Yoshioka, MD, Department of Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas Diseases, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. kyoshiok@fujita-hu.ac.jp |
| Key Words |
Acoustic radiation force impulse; Body mass index; Chronic hepatitis C; Computer-assisted morphometric image analysis; Fibrosis stage; Hyaluronic acid; Liver stiffness measurement; Transient elastography; Velocity of shear wave |
| Core Tip |
The assessment of liver fibrosis stage is important to estimate prognosis and to identify the patients requiring antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C. Liver biopsy is a gold standard for assessing fibrosis, but is invasive. Thus methods for noninvasively assessing fibrosis have been developed. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by Fibroscan and acoustic radiation force impulse correlate with fibrosis stage. However, LSM may be affected by factors other than fibrosis, such as edema, steatosis, and inflammation. |
| Publish Date |
2014-02-20 19:40 |
| Citation |
Nishikawa T, Hashimoto S, Kawabe N, Harata M, Nitta Y, Murao M, Nakano T, Mizuno Y, Shimazaki H, Kan T, Nakaoka K, Takagawa Y, Ohki M, Ichino N, Osakabe K, Yoshioka K. Factors correlating with acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(5): 1289-1297 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i5/1289.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i5.1289 |
