Assessment of liver fibrosis by acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in rheumatic disease patients on long-term methotrexate treatment
Background: Methotrexate treatment has been associated with liver fibrosis in patients with rheumatic disease. Liver biopsy has been the gold standard for staging liver fibrosis. Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging is a new accurate, non-invasive method for staging liver fibrosis. Till d...
Main Authors: | Arindam Nandy Roy, Gayatri Senapathy, Vijay Kumar Bongu, Yarram Ashok Kumar, Syeda Sana Fatima, Regina Lata Thadigiri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Rheumatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2020;volume=15;issue=2;spage=111;epage=115;aulast=Roy |
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