The cut-off value of transient elastography to the value of hepatic venous pressure gradient in alcoholic cirrho- sis

Se Ri Ryu*, Jeong-Ju Yoo*, Seong Hee Kang, Soung Won Jeong, Moon Young Kim, Young Kyu Cho, Young Chang, Sang Gyune Kim, Jae Young Jang, Young Seok Kim, Soon Koo Baik, Yong Jae Kim, Su Yeon Park, and Baigal Baymbajav Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon; Department of Internal Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju; Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Biostatistics, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; UB Songdo Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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