Precise fibrosis staging with shear wave elastography in chronic hepatitis B depends on liver inflammation and steatosis.

Junzhao YeWei WangShiting FengYang HuangXianhua LiaoMing KuangXiaoyan XieBing LiaoBihui Zhong

Published in: Hepatology international (2020)

Steatosis and inflammation activities were confounders for 2D-SWE. The combination of these confounders could predict mis-staging risks of CHB-related fibrosis with 2D-SWE and may be valuable to decision-making on liver biopsy for fibrosis staging.

Keyphrases

lymph node
pet ct
oxidative stress
decision making
liver fibrosis
insulin resistance
high fat diet
hepatitis b virus
high fat diet induced
human health
ultrasound guided
risk assessment
adipose tissue