Ruling in and ruling out with elastography in compensated advanced chronic liver disease

Salvador Augustin^{1

2}, Mónica Pons¹, Joan Genesca^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Comment

Salvador Augustin et al. Gut. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;66(1):197-198.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311775. Epub 2016 Mar 25.

Salvador Augustin^{1

2}, Mónica Pons¹, Joan Genesca^{1

2}

¹ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

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