Transient Elastography for the Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: A Multicentre Canadian Study

Robert P Myers; Magdy Elkashab; Mang Ma; Pam Crotty; Gilles Pomier-Layrargues

doi:10.1155/2010/153986

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2010)

Transient Elastography for the Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: A Multicentre Canadian Study

Robert P Myers,
Magdy Elkashab,
Mang Ma,
Pam Crotty,
Gilles Pomier-Layrargues

Affiliations

Robert P Myers: Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Magdy Elkashab: The Toronto Liver Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mang Ma: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Pam Crotty: Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gilles Pomier-Layrargues: Liver Unit, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/153986
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 11
pp. 661 – 670

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using transient elastography (TE) is a promising tool for the noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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