Shear wave elastography predicts hepatocellular carcinoma risk in hepatitis C patients after sustained virological response

• Koichi Hamada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Hamada, Satoshi Saitoh, Michitaka Honda

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: koichi.hamada@mt.strins.or.jp

  Affiliations Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Southern-Tohoku General Hospital, Koriyama, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4669-5501

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• Satoshi Saitoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Hamada, Satoshi Saitoh, Michitaka Honda

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Noriyuki Nishino ,

  Roles Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Daizo Fukushima ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yoshinori Horikawa ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Shinya Nishida ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Southern-Tohoku General Hospital, Koriyama, Japan

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• Michitaka Honda

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Hamada, Satoshi Saitoh, Michitaka Honda

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Southern-Tohoku General Hospital, Koriyama, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-9881

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