Prospective evaluation of transient elastography to detect fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease: More than a screening method?
S Mueller, L Sarovska, G Millonig, S Friedrich, P Sautter, P Becker, P Wagner, M Pritsch, S Eisele, F Stickel, T Longerich, P Schirrmacher, HK Seitz · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2008 · Heft 01
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Background & Aims: Transient elastography (FibroScan; Echosens, Paris, France) is a novel, noninvasive, and rapid bedside method to assess liver fibrosis by measur? ing liver stiffness. Recent reports have shown that FibroScan allowed accurate prediction of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. However, data in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) are not available so far. We prospectively assessed the perfor? mance of FibroScan in patients with ALD, in comparison with liver fibrosis score by Kleinert and Chevallier, a morphometric fibrosis assessment based on Sirius red stain and the AP…
