Reply to "Points to be considered when using transient elastography for diagnosis of portal hypertension according to the Baveno's VI consensus"

Affiliations

¹ University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
² Department of Medicine, Liver Research Institute, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
³ Dept. of Hepatology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Oncology-Surgery, L.Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: Roberto.defranchis@unimi.it.
⁵ Liver Diseases Laboratory, Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Comment

Annalisa Berzigotti et al. J Hepatol. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;63(4):1049-50.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.07.012. Epub 2015 Jul 23.

¹ University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
² Department of Medicine, Liver Research Institute, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
³ Dept. of Hepatology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Oncology-Surgery, L.Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: Roberto.defranchis@unimi.it.
⁵ Liver Diseases Laboratory, Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

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Expanding consensus in portal hypertension: Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension.
de Franchis R; Baveno VI Faculty. de Franchis R, et al. J Hepatol. 2015 Sep;63(3):743-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.05.022. Epub 2015 Jun 3. J Hepatol. 2015. PMID: 26047908 No abstract available.
Points to be considered when using transient elastography for diagnosis of portal hypertension according to the Baveno's VI consensus.
Perazzo H, Fernandes FF, Castro Filho EC, Perez RM. Perazzo H, et al. J Hepatol. 2015 Oct;63(4):1048-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.06.036. Epub 2015 Jul 20. J Hepatol. 2015. PMID: 26206072 No abstract available.