Items Tagged ‘HCV’
August 19, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Reuters Can season and place of birth influence celiac disease […]
Tags: ABC 15 Arizona, ActionNewsJax, aging, Alternet, alzheimers, Assurex, ASU, atheter-associated urinary tract infections, atrial fibrillation, Bioresorbable Stent, blood donation, blood shortage
March 1, 2012
Study: US elastography may best biopsy in diagnosis of liver fibrosis
Ultrasound-based transient elastography (TE) provides excellent diagnostic accuracy for detecting cirrhosis due to recurrent infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection following liver transplantation, according to a study published in the March issue of Liver Transplantation. According to the World Health Organization, chronic HCV affects up to 170 million people worldwide and could lead to […]
Tags: cirrhosis, HCV, hepatitis C virus, Jayant A. Talwalker, liver biopsy, liver transplantation, TE, ultrasound-based transient elastography, World Health Organization