[Using non-invasive transient elastography for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis]
Jian-wen Luo1, Jin-hua Shao, Jing Bai
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. deabj@tsinghua.edu.cn
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