Shear wave elastography for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: Adapting the cut-offs to alanine aminotransferase levels improves accuracy

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[2] Kumar M(2016)Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update Hepatol Int 10 1-98

[3] Lau GK(2015)WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology Ultrasound Med Biol 41 1126-1147

[4] Shiina T(2004)Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 51 396-409

[5] Nightingale KR(2015)Shear-wave elastography for the estimation of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease: determining accuracy and ideal site for measurement Radiology 274 888-896

[6] Palmeri ML(2018)Quantitative elastography methods in liver disease: current evidence and future directions Radiology 286 738-763

[7] Bercoff J(2013)Quantitative elastography of liver fibrosis and spleen stiffness in chronic hepatitis B carriers: comparison of shear-wave elastography and transient elastography with liver biopsy correlation Radiology 269 910-918

[8] Tanter M(2015)Liver and spleen stiffness and their ratio assessed by real-time two dimensional-shear wave elastography in patients with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis due to chronic viral hepatitis Eur Radiol 25 3214-3221

[9] Fink M(2015)Elastography assessment of liver fibrosis: society of radiologists in ultrasound consensus conference statement Radiology 276 845-886

[10] Samir AE(2015)Inflammation-adapted liver stiffness values for improved fibrosis staging in patients with hepatitis C virus and alcoholic liver disease Liver Int 35 2514-2521

[1] Sarin SK(2012)EASL clinical practice guidelines: management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection J Hepatol 57 167-185

[2] Kumar M(2016)Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update Hepatol Int 10 1-98

[3] Lau GK(2015)WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology Ultrasound Med Biol 41 1126-1147

[4] Shiina T(2004)Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 51 396-409

[5] Nightingale KR(2015)Shear-wave elastography for the estimation of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease: determining accuracy and ideal site for measurement Radiology 274 888-896

[6] Palmeri ML(2018)Quantitative elastography methods in liver disease: current evidence and future directions Radiology 286 738-763

[7] Bercoff J(2013)Quantitative elastography of liver fibrosis and spleen stiffness in chronic hepatitis B carriers: comparison of shear-wave elastography and transient elastography with liver biopsy correlation Radiology 269 910-918

[8] Tanter M(2015)Liver and spleen stiffness and their ratio assessed by real-time two dimensional-shear wave elastography in patients with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis due to chronic viral hepatitis Eur Radiol 25 3214-3221

[9] Fink M(2015)Elastography assessment of liver fibrosis: society of radiologists in ultrasound consensus conference statement Radiology 276 845-886

[10] Samir AE(2015)Inflammation-adapted liver stiffness values for improved fibrosis staging in patients with hepatitis C virus and alcoholic liver disease Liver Int 35 2514-2521