Algorithm to rule out clinically significant portal hypertension combining Shear-wave elastography of liver and spleen: a prospective multicentre study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

Comment

Christian Jansen et al. Gut. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;65(6):1057-8.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311536. Epub 2016 Feb 19.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

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Keywords: LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OESOPHAGEAL VARICES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

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