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Feasibility of transient Elastography (Fibroscan®) for the measurement of liver stiffness in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surger
DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1559135
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Autor:innenM Rau, J Weiss, I Hering, C Jurowich, T Kudlich, A Geier
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe08/2015
Jahrgang / SeitenNicht angegeben
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Background: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) exceeds 90% in severely obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. A substantial number of these patients may have end-stage liver disease with liver cirrhosis. Fibroscan as a non-invasive diagnostic tool to measure liver stiffness has a good accuracy in various liver diseases. However, few data exist about technical feasibility and accuracy o…
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M Rau, J Weiss, I Hering, C Jurowich, T Kudlich, A Geier (2015) Feasibility of transient Elastography (Fibroscan®) for the measurement of liver stiffness in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surger. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (08). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1559135
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