Response to: Comment on “Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Pediatric Fontan Patients Using Transient Elastography”

Response to: Comment on “Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Pediatric Fontan Patients Using Transient Elastography”

We thank Drs. Xue and Cai for their interest in our study and we appreciate their comments regarding its design [1, 2]. They identify an important factor in the interpretation of transient elastography (TE) results, namely, the potential for falsely elevated values in the context of raised alanine a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-2
Hauptverfasser: Potts, James E., Human, Derek G., Schreiber, Richard A., Chen, Becky, Guttman, Orlee R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Child
Children & youth
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Hepatitis
Humans
Letter to the Editor
Liver
Liver Cirrhosis
Pediatrics
Studies
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:We thank Drs. Xue and Cai for their interest in our study and we appreciate their comments regarding its design [1, 2]. They identify an important factor in the interpretation of transient elastography (TE) results, namely, the potential for falsely elevated values in the context of raised alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ISSN:2291-2789
2291-2797
DOI:10.1155/2017/4217878