TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Elsayed Taha Elsayed AU - Ahmed Hosni Kamel , AU - Gamal Eldin Esmat , AU - Hany Ahmed Samy , TI - Role of transient elastography (fibroscan) in assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Elsayed Taha Elsayed , KW - Chronic hepatitis C patients KW - Liver biopsy KW - Transient elastography (fibroscan) N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis; Issued also as CD N2 - Liver biopsy has been considered the gold standard and an indispensable reference method for therapeutic decisions regarding chronic hepatitis C, but it is an invasive and painful procedure with rare but potentially life threatening complications and it is contraindicated in the presence of some conditions as coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -