Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: Implementation in clinical practice and decisional algorithms

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2009; 15(18): 2190-2203
Published online May 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2190

Table 9 Limitations of fibroscan in clinical practice

Difficult to perform in obese patients (5% rate failure)

Inter-observer and intra-observer variability influenced by liver steatosis

Influence of ALT flares (HBV reactivation)

Lower performance for diagnosis of significant fibrosis

Citation: Sebastiani G. Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: Implementation in clinical practice and decisional algorithms. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(18): 2190-2203
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i18/2190.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.2190