Transient and 2-Dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography Provide Comparable Assessment of Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis

Alcohol abuse causes half of all deaths from cirrhosis in the West, but few tools are available for noninvasive diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease. We evaluated 2 elastography techniques for diagnosis of alcoholic fibrosis and cirrhosis; liver biopsy with Ishak score and collagen-proportionate are...

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Published in:	Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) Vol. 150; no. 1; pp. 123 - 133
Main Authors:	Thiele, Maja, Detlefsen, Sönke, Sevelsted Møller, Linda, Madsen, Bjørn Stæhr, Fuglsang Hansen, Janne, Fialla, Annette Dam, Trebicka, Jonel, Krag, Aleksander
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2016
Subjects:	Adult Aged Area Under Curve Cohort Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Denmark - epidemiology Diagnostic Imaging - methods Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods Female Humans Incidence Likelihood Functions Liver Cirrhosis - diagnosis Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - diagnosis Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Denmark Supersonic Shear Imaging Diagnostic Test AUC Noninvasive Methods
ISSN:	1528-0012
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