| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6091526 | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2014 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Based on a meta-analysis, current techniques for measuring spleen stiffness are limited in their accuracy of EV diagnosis; these limitations preclude widespread use in clinical practice at this time.
Keywords
Real-time tissue elastographyROCSSMRTEEGDAUROCAcoustic radiation force impulse imagingTransient elastographyElastographyesophagogastroduodenoscopyAccuracyCirrhosisbody mass indexBMIconfidence intervalVirtual Touch tissue quantificationreceiver operating curveARFILikelihood ratioodds ratioesophageal varicesPortal hypertension
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Authors
Siddharth Singh, John E. Eaton, Mohammad H. Murad, Hironori Tanaka, Hiroko Iijima, Jayant A. Talwalkar,