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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2013; 19(4): 516-522
Published online Jan 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i4.516
Effect of alcohol consumption on liver stiffness measured by transient elastography
Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, Ludivine Legros, Draman Soro, Marianne Latournerie, Anne Guillygomarc’h, Caroline Le Lan, Pierre Brissot, Dominique Guyader, Romain Moirand
Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, Ludivine Legros, Draman Soro, Marianne Latournerie, Caroline Le Lan, Pierre Brissot, Dominique Guyader, Romain Moirand, Guillygomarc’h A, Hepatology and Addictology Department, University Hospital Pontchaillou, F35000 Rennes, France
Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, Pierre Brissot, Romain Moirand, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U991, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 140, University of Rennes 1, F35000 Rennes, France
Author contributions: Bardou-Jacquet E, Moirand R and Legros L designed the research, analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Soro D, Latournerie M, Guillygomarc’h A, Le Lan C, Brissot P and Guyader D gathered and analyzed the data.
Correspondence to: Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, MD, Hepatology and Addictology Department, University Hospital Pontchaillou, CHU Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri le Guilloux, F35000 Rennes, France. edouard.bardou-jacquet@chu-rennes.fr
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Received: August 26, 2012
Revised: September 12, 2012
Accepted: October 30, 2012
Published online: January 28, 2013
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