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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2013; 19(12): 1890-1900
Published online Mar 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i12.1890
Published online Mar 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i12.1890
Clinical application of liver stiffness measurement using transient elastography in chronic liver disease from longitudinal perspectives
Beom Kyung Kim, Seung Up Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-740, South Korea
Beom Kyung Kim, Seung Up Kim, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul 120-740, South Korea
James Fung, Man-Fung Yuen, Department of Medicine, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Author contributions: Kim BK and Kim SU contributed to the study idea, study design, literature search, manuscript writing and final revision of the article; Fung J and Yuen MF contributed to manuscript writing and final revision of the article.
Supported by Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, in part by a grant from the Korea Healthcare technology R and D project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, No A102065; and by the Yonsei Liver Blood Bank, in part by a grant from sanofi-aventis Korea
Correspondence to: Seung Up Kim, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea. ksukorea@yuhs.ac
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Received: August 10, 2012
Revised: August 29, 2012
Accepted: September 28, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2013
Revised: August 29, 2012
Accepted: September 28, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2013
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