Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography for Detecting Liver Fibrosis After Liver Trannsplantation: A Specific Cut-Off Value Is Really Needed?
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- 作者：B. Della-Guardia ; A. S. Evangelista ; G. E. Felga…
- 关键词：Transient elastography ; Liver biopsy ; Liver transplantation
- 刊名：Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：62
- 期：1
- 页码：264-272
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Oncology; Transplant Surgery; Biochemistry, general;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1573-2568
- 卷排序：62
文摘
IntroductionLiver transplant recipients often perform liver biopsy (LB), specially in the context of potentially recurring diseases, such as hepatitis C infection. However, the LB has risks of complications, despite being the gold standard. Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive method comparable to the LB to evaluate liver fibrosis in various settings, but its accuracy among transplant recipients is not fully understood.