Frequency of significant fibrosis in various chronic liver diseases: an evaluation with Transient Elastography (TE)

• Main Authors: shahrani, shahreedhan, balakrishnan, preetica mayuri, ravi, koshni, singh, sandeep, chee, sher wye, zulkeflie, saiful hasyim, zhuang, ng ying, lee, wai kin, amin, Mohamed, sooi, choong yeong, CK, vikneshwaran, Nik Muhamad Affendi, Nik Arsyad, skantha, ruben, Limun, Mohd Fairul, mohamed talha, abdul malik, Chuah, Kee Huat, stanley, khoo, Rajaram, Ruveena Bhavani, chan, wah keong, Mahadeva, Sanjiv,
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/99669/2/99669_FREQUENCY%20OF%20SIGNIFICANT%20FIBROSIS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/99669/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: Liver biopsy has long been the gold standard to evaluate liver fibrosis. TE was developed as a non- invasive method to assess liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness using shear wave velocity. Many studies have proven its’ effectiveness as a method for evaluating liver fibrosis.1-2...