3-Dimensional liver volume assessment in patients with hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis during long-term oral nucleos(t)ide analogues therapy
Chang Hun Lee, In Hee Kim, Jin Chang Moon, Seung Young Seo, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Kim, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik Lee, Dae Ghon Kim, Jae Do Yang, Hee Chul Yu
Chang Hun Lee, In Hee Kim, Jin Chang Moon, Seung Young Seo, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Kim, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik Lee, Dae Ghon Kim, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju 561-180, South Korea
Jae Do Yang, Hee Chul Yu, Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju 561-180, South Korea
Author contributions: Kim IH designed the study; Lee CH and Moon JC collected and analyzed the data; Seo SY, Kim SH, Kim SW and Lee SO drafted the manuscript; Lee CH and Kim IH revised the manuscript; Yang JD and Yu HC offered the technical or material support; Lee ST and Kim DG supervised the study; all authors have read and approved the final version to be published.
Supported by Chonbuk National University 2013.
Institutional review board statement: This study was conducted in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee at Chonbuk National University Hospital. (IRB number: CUH-2016-07-026-001).
Informed consent statement: Due to the retrospective nature of the study, patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to receive examination of abdominal computed tomography by written informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors disclose no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: In Hee Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-180, South Korea. ihkimmd@jbnu.ac.kr
Telephone: +82-63-2501677
Received: October 4, 2016
Peer-review started: October 7, 2016
First decision: November 9, 2016
Revised: November 22, 2016
Accepted: December 8, 2016
Article in press: December 8, 2016
Published online: January 14, 2017
