Severity of liver fibrosis using shear wave elastography is influenced by hepatic necroinflammation in chronic hepatitis patients, but not in cirrhotic patients.
Chikage NakanoTakashi NishimuraToshifumi TadaMasahiro YoshidaTomoyuki TakashimaNobuhiro AizawaNaoto IkedaHiroki NishikawaHirayuki EnomotoEtsuro HatanoHirohisa YanoSeiichi HirotaHiroyuki HachiyaHiroko IijimaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
Shear wave elastography can be affected by hepatic necroinflammation in F0-F3 fibrosis, but not in F4.