Evaluation of Transient Elastography, Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging (ARFI), and Enhanced Liver Function (ELF) Score for Detection of Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients

• Thomas Karlas,

  Affiliations IFB AdiposityDiseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Arne Dietrich,

  Affiliation Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Veronica Peter,

  Affiliation IFB AdiposityDiseases, Research Area Bariatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Christian Wittekind,

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Ralf Lichtinghagen,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Nikita Garnov,

  Affiliations IFB AdiposityDiseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Nicolas Linder,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Alexander Schaudinn,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Harald Busse,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Christiane Prettin,

  Affiliation Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Volker Keim,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Michael Tröltzsch,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Tatjana Schütz,

  Affiliation IFB AdiposityDiseases, Research Area Bariatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Johannes Wiegand

  * E-mail: johannes.wiegand@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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