Probability-Based Interpretation of Liver Stiffness Measurement in Untreated Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,P. Lampertico,Victor de Ledinghen,Pik Eu Chang,Seung Up Kim,Y. Chen,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,G. Mangia,Juliette Foucher,Wan Cheng Chow,Sang Hoon Ahn,Jinlin Hou

Probability-Based Interpretation of Liver Stiffness Measurement in Untreated Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

2015

Vincent Wai-Sun Wong
P. Lampertico
Victor de Ledinghen
Pik Eu Chang
Seung Up Kim
Y. Chen
Henry Lik-Yuen Chan
G. Mangia
Juliette Foucher
Wan Cheng Chow
Sang Hoon Ahn
Jinlin Hou

Background Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography is a popular noninvasive test of fibrosis. Traditional LSM cutoffs dichotomize patients and do not clearly indicate the confidence of diagnosis.

Keywords:

Hepatitis B
Diabetes mellitus
Liver biopsy
Cirrhosis
Gastroenterology
Medicine
Fibrosis
Liver stiffness
Transient elastography
Internal medicine
Hepatology
chronic hepatitis

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