TY - JOUR AU - Chongsrisawat, Voranush AU - Vejapipat, Paisarn AU - Siripon, Nipaporn AU - Poovorawan, Yong PY - 2011 DA - 2011/04/18 TI - Transient elastography for predicting esophageal/gastric varices in children with biliary atresia JO - BMC Gastroenterology SP - 41 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Transient elastography (TE) is an innovative, noninvasive technique to assess liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness in patients with chronic liver diseases. The purpose of this study has been to explore the accuracy of TE and clinical parameters in predicting the presence of esophageal/gastric varices in children with biliary atresia (BA) following portoenterostomy. SN - 1471-230X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-41 DO - 10.1186/1471-230X-11-41 ID - Chongsrisawat2011 ER -