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EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Liver Ultrasound Elastography, Update 2017 (Long Version)

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Bamber, Jeffrey; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Bota, Simona; Cantisani, Vito; Castera, Laurent; Cosgrove, David; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Gilja, Odd Helge; Goertz, Ruediger Stephan; Karlas, Thomas; de Knegt, Robert; de Ledinghen, Victor; Piscaglia, Fabio; Procopet, Bogdan; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sidhu, Paul S.; Sporea, Ioan; Thiele, Maja

WFUMB GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLINICAL USE OF ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY: PART 3: LIVER

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Meta-analysis: ARFI elastography versus transient elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis

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WFUMB GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLINICAL USE OF ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY: PART 2: BREAST

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Assessment of biopsy-proven liver fibrosis by two-dimensional shear wave elastography: An individual patient data-based meta-analysis

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Silybin combined with phosphatidylcholine and vitamin E in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial

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How to perform Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)

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Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for fibrosis evaluation in patients with chronic hepatitis C: An international multicenter study

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The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Elastography in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2018

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Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver – Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS

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INTRA- AND INTEROPERATOR REPRODUCIBILITY OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI) ELASTOGRAPHY-PRELIMINARY RESULTS

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ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE AND SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING VERSUS TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY FOR LIVER FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT

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Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) – a new modality for the evaluation of liver fibrosis

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VALUE OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING ELASTOGRAPHY FOR NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE

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Factors that influence the correlation of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography with liver fibrosis

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EFSUMB Recommendations and Clinical Guidelines for Intestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Maconi, Giovanni; Nylund, Kim; Ripolles, Tomas; Calabrese, Emma; Dirks, Klaus; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Hollerweger, Alois; Sporea, Ioan; Saftoiu, Adrian; Maaser, Christian; Hausken, Trygve; Higginson, Antony P.; Nuernberg, Dieter; Pallotta, Nadia; Romanini, Laura; Serra, Carla; Gilja, Odd Helge

EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Liver Ultrasound Elastography, Update 2017 (Short Version)

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Bamber, Jeffrey; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Bota, Simona; Cantisani, Vito; Castera, Laurent; Cosgrove, David; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Gilja, Odd Helge; Goertz, Ruediger Stephan; Karlas, Thomas; de Knegt, Robert; de Ledinghen, Victor; Piscaglia, Fabio; Procopet, Bogdan; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sidhu, Paul S.; Sporea, Ioan; Thiele, Maja

Which are the cut-off values of 2D-Shear Wave Elastography (2D-SWE) liver stiffness measurements predicting different stages of liver fibrosis, considering Transient Elastography (TE) as the reference method?

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana

Transient Elastographic Evaluation of Subjects Without Known Hepatic Pathology: Does Age Change the Liver Stiffness?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Tudora, Adriana; Deleanu, Alexandra; Popescu, Alina

Comparative study between two point Shear Wave Elastographic techniques: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography and ElastPQ

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

How many measurements are needed for liver stiffness assessment by 2D-Shear Wave Elastography (2D-SWE) and which value should be used: the mean or median?

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Madalina; Danila, Mirela

Why, who and how should perform liver biopsy in chronic liver diseases

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

The influence of aminotransferase levels on liver stiffness assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography: A retrospective multicentre study

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Sirli, Roxana; Tanaka, Hironori; Iijima, Hiroko; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Lupsor, Monica; Badea, Radu; Fierbinteanu-Braticevici, Carmen; Petrisor, Ana; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Takahashi, Hirokazu; Ono, Naofumi; Piscaglia, Fabio; Marinelli, Sara; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Gallotti, Anna; Salzl, Petra; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Liver stiffness measurements in patients with HBV vs HCV chronic hepatitis: A comparative study

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra; Tudora, Adriana; Popescu, Alina; Curescu, Manuela; Bota, Simona

EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Long version)

Nylund, Kim; Maconi, Giovanni; Hollerweger, Alois; Ripolles, Tomas; Pallotta, Nadia; Higginson, Antony; Serra, Carla; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Sporea, Ioan; Saftoiu, Adrian; Dirks, Klaus; Hausken, Trygve; Calabrese, Emma; Romanini, Laura; Maaser, Christian; Nuernberg, Dieter; Gilja, Odd Helge

The mean values of liver stiffness assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse elastography in normal subjects

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Focsa, Mircea; Danila, Mirela; Nicolita, Diana; Martie, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina; Juchis, Ana

Factors associated with the impossibility to obtain reliable liver stiffness measurements by means of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography-Analysis of a cohort of 1031 subjects

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Jurchis, Ana; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana

Spleen assessment by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) for prediction of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sendroiu, Madalina; Focsa, Mircea

Pegylated-interferon alpha 2a treatment for chronic hepatitis C in patients on chronic haemodialysis

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Golea, Ovidiu; Totolici, Camelia; Danila, Mirela; Vernic, Corina

THE INFLUENCE OF FOOD INTAKE ON LIVER STIFFNESS VALUES ASSESSED BY ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY-PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Racean, Sebastian; Suseanu, Dragos; Gradinaru, Oana; Siegfried, Cristian Ivascu

Can ARFI elastography predict the presence of significant esophageal varices in newly diagnosed cirrhotic patients?

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Focsa, Mircea; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Strain, Mihnea

COMPARATIVE STUDY CONCERNING THE VALUE OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY (ARFI) IN COMPARISON WITH TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY (TE) FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LIVER FIBROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina; Jurchis, Ana

FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE ACCURACY OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI) ELASTOGRAPHY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER FIBROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE KIDNEY SHEAR WAVE SPEED ASSESSED BY ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITHOUT KIDNEY PATHOLOGY

Bota, Simona; Bob, Flaviu; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

Kidney Shear Wave Speed Values in Subjects with and without Renal Pathology and Inter-Operator Reproducibility of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) – Preliminary Results

Bob, Flaviu; Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Schiller, Adalbert

Comparison of the liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography with the liver biopsy

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra; Tudora, Adriana; Curescu, Manuela; Cornianu, Marioara; Lazar, Daniela

GUIDELINES AND GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND (CEUS) IN THE LIVER-UPDATE 2020 WFUMB IN COOPERATION WITH EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, AND FLAUS

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Nolsoe, Christian Pallson; Barr, Richard G.; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Burns, Peter N.; Cantisani, Vito; Chammas, Maria Cristina; Chaubal, Nitin; Choi, Byung Ihn; Clevert, Dirk-Andre; Cui, Xinwu; Dong, Yi; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Fowlkes, J. Brian; Gilja, Odd Helge; Huang, Pintong; Ignee, Andre; Jenssen, Christian; Kono, Yuko; Kudo, Masatoshi; Lassau, Nathalie; Lee, Won Jae; Lee, Jae Young; Liang, Ping; Lim, Adrian; Lyshchik, Andrej; Meloni, Maria Franca; Correas, Jean Michel; Minami, Yasunori; Moriyasu, Fuminori; Nicolau, Carlos; Piscaglia, Fabio; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sidhu, Paul S.; Sporea, Ioan; Torzilli, Guido; Xie, Xiaoyan; Zheng, Rongqin

Relationship Between the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Kidney Shear Wave Speed Values Assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography

Bob, Flaviu; Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Schiller, Adalbert

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in focal liver lesions – a cost efficiency study

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Martie, Alina; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Liver Elastography – An Update

Sporea, Ioan; Gilja, Odd Helge; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

Factors influencing reliability of liver stiffness measurements using transient elastography (M-probe)-Monocentric experience

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana

EFSUMB Position Paper: Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) in Acute Appendicitis and Diverticulitis

Dirks, Klaus; Calabrese, Emma; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Gilja, Odd Helge; Hausken, Trygve; Higginson, Antony; Hollerweger, Alois; Maconi, Giovanni; Maaser, Christian; Nuernberg, Dieter; Nylund, Kim; Pallotta, Nadia; Ripolles, Tomas; Romanini, Laura; Saftoiu, Adrian; Serra, Carla; Wuestner, Matthias; Sporea, Ioan

Value of transient elastography for the prediction of variceal bleeding

Sporea, Ioan; Ratiu, Iulia; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of histologically proven hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Dong, Yi; Wang, Wen-Ping; Cantisani, Vito; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Ignee, Andre; Mulazzani, Lorenzo; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sparchez, Zeno; Sporea, Ioan; Dietrich, Christoph F.

LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS BY MEANS OF SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITHOUT KNOWN LIVER PATHOLOGY

Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Alina; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Szilaski, Milana

A Comparative Study of Non-Invasive Methods for Fibrosis Assessment in Chronic HCV Infection

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Cornianu, Marioara

Romanian National Guidelines and Practical Recommendations on Liver Elastography

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sirli, Roxana; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Popescu, Alina; Platon, Monica Lupsor; Fierbinteanu-Braticevici, Carmen; Gheonea, Dan Ionut; Sandulescu, Larisa; Badea, Radu

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the evaluation of Focal Liver Lesions in daily practice. A multicentre study

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu; Martie, Alina; Dumitru, Eugen; Ioanitescu, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Socaciu, Mihai; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Voiculescu, Mihai

Efficacy, tolerability and predictive factors for early and sustained virologic response in patients treated with weight-based dosing regimen of PegIFN alpha-2b and ribavirin in real-life healthcare setting

Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Sporea, Ioan; Grigorescu, Mircea; Sirli, Roxana; Damian, Dana; Gheorghe, Cristian; Iacob, Razvan

Shear wave elastography of the liver – review on normal values

Dong, Yi; Sirli, Roxana; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Sporea, Ioan; Chiorean, Liliana; Cui, Xinwu; Fan, Mei; Wang, Wen-Ping; Gilja, Odd Helge; Sidhu, Paul S.; Dietrich, Christoph F.

Comparison between the M and XL probes for liver fibrosis assessment by Transient Elastography

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Deleanu, Alexandra; Culcea, Laura; Szilaski, Milana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Short version)

Nylund, Kim; Maconi, Giovanni; Hollerweger, Alois; Ripolles, Tomas; Pallotta, Nadia; Higginson, Antony; Serra, Carla; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Sporea, Ioan; Saftoiu, Adrian; Dirks, Klaus; Hausken, Trygve; Calabrese, Emma; Romanini, Laura; Maaser, Christian; Nuernberg, Dieter; Gilja, Odd Helge

Comparison of three ultrasound based elastographic techniques in children and adolescents with chronic diffuse liver diseases

Belei, Oana; Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Olariu, Laura; Popescu, Alina; Simedrea, Ioan; Marginean, Otilia

Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection in Romania: Prevalence and Risk Factors Gheorghe, Liana; Csiki, Irma Eva; Iacob, Speranta; Gheorghe, Cristian; Trifan, Anca; Grigorescu, Mircea; Motoc, Adriana; Suceveanu, Andra; Curescu, Manuela; Caruntu, Florin; Sporea, Ioan; Brisc, Ciprian; Rogoveanu, Ion; Cerban, Razvan; Tugui, Letitia; Alexandrescu, Andrea

Real-time shear wave elastography may predict autoimmune thyroid disease

Vlad, Mihaela; Golu, Ioana; Bota, Simona; Vlad, Adrian; Timar, Bogdan; Timar, Romulus; Sporea, Ioan

Role of Interleukin-28B Polymorphism as a Predictor of Sustained Virological Response in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Treated with Triple Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Neghina, Adriana Maria; Popescu, Alina; Strain, Mihnea

How efficient is acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for the evaluation of liver stiffness?

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu; Sirli, Roxana; Lupsor, Monica; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Focsa, Mircea; Deleanu, Alexandra

Does experience play a role in the ability to perform liver stiffness measurements by means of supersonic shear imaging (SSI)?

Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Alina; Popescu, Madalina; Sirli, Roxana; Szilaski, Milana

Time for Individualized Colonoscopy Bowel-Prep Regimens? A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Sodium picosulphate and Magnesium citrate versus 4-liter Split-dose Polyethylene Glycol

Voiosu, Theodor; Ratiu, Iulia; Voiosu, Andrei; Iordache, Tiberiu; Schipor, Adrian; Baicus, Cristian; Sporea, Ioan; Voiosu, Radu

Primum non nocere? Why Can’t We Use Second Generation Ultrasound Contrast Agents for the Examination of Children? Reply

Nolsoe, Christian; Piscaglia, Fabio; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Gritzmann, Norbert; Sporea, Ioan; ter Haar, Gail

Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the evaluation of liver metastases

Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Martie, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina

Dynamics of Liver Stiffness Values by means of Transient Elastography in Patients with HCV Liver Cirrhosis undergoing Interferon Free Treatment

Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Mare, Ruxandra; Popescu, Alina; Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Sirli, Roxana

Adherence to quality criteria improves concordance between transient elastography and ElastPQ for liver stiffness assessment-A multicenter retrospective study

Ferraioli, Giovanna; De Silvestri, Annalisa; Reiberger, Thomas; Taylor-Robinson, Simon D.; de Knegt, Robert J.; Maiocchi, Laura; Mare, Ruxandra; Bucsics, Theresa; Atzori, Sebastiana; Tinelli, Carmine; Sporea, Ioan

Real-world efficacy and safety of ombitasvir, paritaprevir/r plus dasabuvir plus ribavirin in genotype 1b patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis

Preda, Carmen M.; Popescu, Corneliu P.; Baicus, Cristian; Voiosu, Theodor A.; Manuc, Mircea; Pop, Corina Silvia; Gheorghe, Liana; Sporea, Ioan; Trifan, Anca; Tantau, Marcel; Tantau, Alina; Ceausu, Emanoil; Proca, Doina; Constantinescu, Ileana; Ruta, Simona M.; Diculescu, Mircea M.; Oproiu, Alexandru

ASSESSING LIVER STIFFNESS BY 2-D SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY IN A HEALTHY COHORT

Bende, Felix; Mulabecirovic, Anesa; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Gilja, Odd Helge; Vesterhus, Mette; Havre, Roald Flesland

Efficacy and safety of paritaprevir/ritonavir, ombitasvir, and dasabuvir with ribavirin for the treatment of HCV genotype 1b compensated cirrhosis in patients aged 70 years or older

Trifan, Anca; Stanciu, Carol; Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Curescu, Manuela; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Stefanescu, Gabriela; Girleanu, Irina; Chiriac, Stefan; Mihai, Catalina; Brisc, Ciprian; Goldis, Adrian; Sporea, Ioan; Miftode, Egidia; Bataga, Simona; Rogoveanu, Ion; Preda, Carmen; Caruntu, Florin Alexandru; Singeap, Ana-Maria

ULTRASOUND-BASED SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Bob, Flaviu; Grosu, Iulia; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Sima, Alexandra; Sirli, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Timar, Romulus; Schiller, Adalbert

Ultrasound-based elastography for the diagnosis of portal hypertension in cirrhotics

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Are different cut-off values of liver stiffness assessed by Transient Elastography according to the etiology of liver cirrhosis for predicting significant esophageal varices?

Sporea, Ioan; Ratiu, Iulia; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Jurchis, Ana Weight-Based Dosing Regimen of Peg-Interferon alpha-2b for Chronic Hepatitis Delta: a Multicenter Romanian Trial

Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Simionov, Iulia; Vadan, Roxana; Constantinescu, Ileana; Caruntu, Florin; Sporea, Ioan; Grigorescu, Mircea

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Status Quo

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Dumitrascu, Dan; Brisc, Ciprian; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Trifan, Anca; Gheorghe, Liana; Braticevici, Carmen Fierbinteanu

INTRA- AND INTER-OBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY OF A 2-D SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE AND THE IMPACT OF ULTRASOUND EXPERIENCE IN ACHIEVING RELIABLE DATA

Moga, Tudor-Voicu; Stepan, Ana Maria; Pienar, Corina; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma

Martie, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Serban, Corina; Ardelean, Melania; Bota, Simona; Sendroiu, Madalina; Chisevescu, Dorina

Is it better to use two elastographic methods for liver fibrosis assessment?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona; Badea, Radu; Lupsor, Monica; Focsa, Mircea; Danila, Mirela

The value of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in the evaluation of the nature of portal vein thrombosis

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sendroiu, Madalina

Portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis – the added value of contrast enhanced ultrasonography

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Liver Stiffness Evaluation by Transient Elastography in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Ultrasound-proven Steatosis

Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sima, Alexandra; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Timar, Romulus

Computer aided diagnosis method for steatosis rating in ultrasound images using random forests

Mihailescu, Dan Mihai; Gui, Vasile; Toma, Corneliu Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

A new scoring system for prediction of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis

C Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Focsa, Mircea; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Strain, Mihnea; Sendroiu, Madalina; Deleanu, Alexandra; Dan, Isabel

How Useful is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography for the Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Martie, Alina; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Liver Stiffness Measurement by Transient Elastography in Clinical Practice

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra; Popescu, Alina; Cornianu, Marioara

Bidirectional Relationship between Gastric Emptying and Plasma Glucose Control in Normoglycemic Individuals and Diabetic Patients

Mihai, Bogdan Mircea; Mihai, Catalina; Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Cristina; Grigorescu, Elena-Daniela; Dranga, Mihaela; Drug, Vasile; Sporea, Ioan; Lacatusu, Cristina Mihaela

Feasibility of Transient Elastography with M and XL probes in real life

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Mare, Ruxandra; Popescu, Alina; Ivascu, Siegfried Cristian

How useful are ARFI elastography cut-off values proposed by meta-analysis for predicting the significant fibrosis and compensated liver cirrhosis?

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana

General advice in ultrasound based elastography of pediatric patients

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Pienar, Corina; Kunze, Christian; Taut, Heike; Schrading, Simone; Bota, Simona; Schreiber-Dietrich, Dagmar; Fang, Cheng; Dong, Yi

Screening for Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis in a Large Cohort of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography and Controlled Attenuation Parameter in a Single-Center Real-Life Experience

Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Popescu, Alina; Nistorescu, Silviu; Baldea, Victor; Sirli, Roxana; Braha, Adina; Sima, Alexandra; Timar, Romulus; Lupusoru, Raluca

EFSUMB Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) Task Force Group: Celiac sprue and other rare gastrointestinal diseases ultrasound features

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Hollerweger, Alois; Dirks, Klaus; Higginson, Antony; Serra, Carla; Calabrese, Emma; Dong, Yi; Hausken, Trygve; Maconi, Giovanni; Mihmanli, Ismail; Nuernberg, Dieter; Nylund, Kim; Pallotta, Nadia; Ripolles, Tomas; Romanini, Laura; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sporea, Ioan; Wuestner, Matthias; Maaser, Christian; Gilja, Odd Helge

Current Knowledge in Ultrasound-Based Liver Elastography of Pediatric Patients

Dietrich, Christoph F.; Sirli, Roxana; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Pienar, Corina; Kunze, Christian; Taut, Heike; Schrading, Simone; Bota, Simona; Schreiber-Dietrich, Dagmar; Yi, Dong

Contrast enhanced ultrasound features of hepatic cystadenoma and hepatic cystadenocarcinoma

Dong, Yi; Wang, Wen-Ping; Mao, Feng; Fan, Mei; Ignee, Andre; Serra, Carla; Sparchez, Zeno; Sporea, Ioan; Braden, Barbara; Dietrich, Christoph F.

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the diagnosis of liver hemangiomas in clinical practice

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Martie, Alina; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Sendroiu, Madalina

Comparative study between four ultrasound Shear Waves Elastographic methods for liver fibrosis assessment

Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Lupusoru, Raluca; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Bende, Felix; Sirli, Roxana

Does Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound improve the management of liver abscesses? A single centre experience.

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Mare, Ruxandra; Tascau, Oana Gradinaru; Moga, Tudor

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in the pathology of the pancreas – a monocentric experience

Ardelean, Melania; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Martie, Alina; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Timar, Bogdan; Buzas, Roxana; Lighezan, Daniel

Is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) ready for use in daily practice for evaluation of Focal Liver Lesions?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana

Two-dimensional shear wave elastography predicts survival in advanced chronic liver disease

Trebicka, Jonel; Gu, Wenyi; de Ledinghen, Victor; Aube, Christophe; Krag, Aleksander; Praktiknjo, Michael; Castera, Laurent; Dumortier, Jerome; Bauer, David Josef Maria; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Pol, Stanislas; Grgurevic, Ivica; Zheng, Rongqin; Francque, Sven; Gottfriedova, Halima; Mustapic, Sanda; Sporea, Ioan; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Uschner, Frank Erhard; Simbrunner, Benedikt; Ronot, Maxime; Cassinotto, Christophe; Kjaergaard, Maria; Andrade, Filipe; Schulz, Martin; Semmler, Georg; Drinkovic, Ida Tjesic; Chang, Johannes; Brol, Maximilian Joseph; Rautou, Pierre Emmanuel; Vanwolleghem, Thomas; Strassburg, Christian P.; Boursier, Jerome; Ferstl, Philip Georg; Rasmussen, Ditlev Nytoft; Reiberger, Thomas; Vilgrain, Valerie; Guibal, Aymeric; Guillaud, Olivier; Zeuzem, Stefan; Vassord, Camille; Lu, Xue; Vonghia, Luisa; Senkerikova, Renata; Popescu, Alina; Margini, Cristina; Wang, Wenping; Thiele, Maja; Jansen, Chrisitan

SPLEEN AND LIVER STIFFNESS FOR PREDICTING HIGH-RISK VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH COMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Fofiu, Renata; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Lupusoru, Raluca; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Sporea, Ioan

Mucosal Protective Compounds in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. A Position Paper Based on Evidence of the Romanian Society of Neurogastroenterology

Surdea-Blaga, Teodora; Bancila, Ion; Dobru, Daniela; Drug, Vasile; Fratila, Ovidiu; Goldis, Adrian; Grad, Simona M.; Muresan, Crina; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Porr, Paul J.; Sporea, Ioan; Dumitrascu, Dan L.

Can Transient Elastography be a reliable method for assessing liver fibrosis in Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)?

Sporea, Ioan; Jurchis, Ana; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Sendroiu, Madalina

The Correlation of Il28B Genotype With Sustained Virologic Response In Romanian Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Curescu, Manuela; Sirli, Roxana; Dan, Isabel; Goldis, Adrian; Gradinaru, Oana; Ardelean, Melania; Danila, Mirela; Bota, Simona; Deleanu, Alexandra

Ultrasound examination of the normal gastrointestinal tract

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina

High Sustained Virological Response Rate to Combination Therapy in Genotype 1 Patients with Histologically Mild Hepatitis C

Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Grigorescu, Mircea; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Damian, Dana; Gheorghe, Cristian; Iacob, Razvan

Position Paper on Treatment of Hepatitis C in Romania, 2017. Part One

Gheorghe, Liana; Sporea, Ioan; Iacob, Speranla; Sirli, Roxana; Trifan, Anca; Dobru, Daniela; Diculescu, M. Ircea; Stanciu, Carol; Pascu, Oliviu; Acalovschi, Monica; Brisc, Ciprian; Cijevschi, Cristina; Gheorghe, Cristian; Sparchez, Zeno; Rogoveanu, Ion; Dumitrascu, Dan

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a frequent condition in type 2 diabetic patients

Sima, Alexandra; Timar, Romulus; Vlad, Adrian; Timar, Bogdan; Rosu, Mihaela; Dan, Isabel; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions using Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound as a First Line Method: a Large Monocentric Experience

Sporea, Ioan; Martie, Mina; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Response to Standard of Care Antiviral Treatment in Patients with HCV Liver Cirrhosis – a Systematic Review

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Neghina, Adriana Maria; Danila, Mirela; Strain, Mihnea

Assessment of noninvasive liver stiffness in inactive HBsAg carriers by transient elastography

Sporea, Ioan; Nicolita, Diana; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra; Tudora, Adriana; Bota, Simona

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the characterization of focal liver lesions

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu; Martie, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Socaciu, Mihai; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

The role of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the assessment of liver nodules in patients with cirrhosis

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina; Martie, Alina

Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy in the Treatment of Hepatocarcinoma – Results Obtained from a Series of 88 Cases

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

The quality of the fragment obtained by liver biopsy for staging chronic hepatitis

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Cornianu, Marioara; Manciu, Corina; Focsa, Mircea

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Characterization of Malignant versus Benign Focal Liver Lesions in a Prospective Multicenter Experience – The SRUMB Study

Sporea, Ioan; Sandulescu, Daniela Larisa; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sparchez, Zeno; Mihal, Catalina; Ioanitescu, Simona; Moga, Tudor; Timar, Bogdan; Brisc, Ciprian; Nedelcu, Dana; Saftoiu, Adrian; Enachescu, Viorela; Badea, Radu

Evaluation of normal and pathological Achilles tendon by real-time shear wave elastography

Petrescu, Pompiliu Horatiu; Izvernariu, Dragos Andrei; Iancu, Catalina; Dinu, Gabriel Ovidiu; Crisan, Dan; Popescu, Simona Alina; Sirli, Roxana Lucia Denisa; Nistor, Bogdan Mihai; Rautia, Ion Calin; Lazureanu, Dorela Codruta; Dema, Sorin; Prejbeanu, Ion Radu; Sporea, Ioan

Is Kidney Stiffness Measured Using Elastography Influenced Mainly by Vascular Factors in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease?

Bob, Flaviu; Grosu, Iulia; Sporea, Ioan; Timar, Romulus; Lighezan, Daniel; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Buzas, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Munteanu, Mircea; Schiller, Adalbert

The Contribution of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the characterization of benign liver lesions in clinical practice – a monocentric experience

Martie, Alina; Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Does the size of the needle influence the number of portal tracts obtained through percutaneous liver biopsy?

Sporea, Ioan; Gherhardt, Diana; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Cornianu, Maria; Herman, Diana; Bota, Simona

Efficacy and Safety of Peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) in HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Caruntu, Florin Alexandru; Streinu-Cercel, Adrian; Gheorghe, Liliana Simona; Grigorescu, Mircea; Sporea, Ioan; Stanciu, Carol; Andronescu, Dan; Voinea, Florea; Diculescu, Mircea; Oproiu, Alexandru; Voiosu, Rodu

Is there a correlation between kidney shear wave velocity measured with VTQ and histological parameters in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis? A pilot study

Bob, Flavin; Grosu, Iulia; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Schiller, Adalbert

Is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography a useful tool in a beginner’s hand? How much can a Computer Assisted Diagnosis prototype help in characterizing the malignancy of focal liver lesions?

Moga, Tudor Voicu; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Danila, Mirela; David, Ciprian; Gui, Vasile; Iacob, Nicoleta; Miclaus, Gratian; Sirli, Roxana

Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the diagnosis of liver hemangiomas – results of a Romanian multicentre study.

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Sandulescu, Daniela Larisa; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sparchez, Zeno; Badea, Radu

Ultrasound screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced liver fibrosis. An overview

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan Is there a Real Future for Liver Elastography?

Sporea, Ioan Ultrasound examination of normal gall bladder and biliary system

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan Ultrasound examination of the normal pancreas Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome-A Pilot Study

Bende, Felix; Tudoran, Cristina; Sporea, Ioan; Fofiu, Renata; Baldea, Victor; Cotrau, Radu; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu; Tudoran, Mariana

The Performance of a 2-Dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography Technique for Predicting Different Stages of Liver Fibrosis Using Transient Elastography as the Control Method

Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Nistorescu, Silviu; Fofiu, Renata; Baldea, Victor; Popescu, Alina

Quantification of Liver Fibrosis, Steatosis, and Viscosity Using Multiparametric Ultrasound in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Real-Life Cohort Study

Popa, Alexandru; Bende, Felix; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Baldea, Victor; Lupusoru, Raluca; Cotrau, Radu; Fofiu, Renata; Foncea, Camelia; Sporea, Ioan

Ultrasound-Guided Attenuation Parameter (UGAP) for the quantification of liver steatosis using the Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) as the reference method

Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Baldea, Victor; Lazar, Alin; Lupusoru, Raluca; Fofiu, Renata; Popescu, Alina

TI-RADS Diagnostic Performance: Which Algorithm is Superior and How Elastography and 4D Vascularity Improve the Malignancy Risk Assessment

Borlea, Andreea; Borcan, Florin; Sporea, Ioan; Dehelean, Cristina Adriana; Negrea, Romeo; Cotoi, Laura; Stoian, Dana

Shear Wave Elastography versus Strain Elastography in Diagnosing Parathyroid Adenomas

Cotoi, Laura; Amzar, Daniela; Sporea, Ioan; Borlea, Andreea; Navolan, Dan; Varcus, Fiore; Stoian, Dana

Comparative study between pSWE and 2D-SWE techniques integrated in the same ultrasound machine, with Transient Elastography as the reference method

Foncea, Camelia; Popescu, Alina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Fofiu, Renata; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan

Quantification of Steatosis and Fibrosis using a new system implemented in an ultrasound machine

Sporea, Ioan; Baldea, Victor; Lupusoru, Raluca; Bende, Felix; Mare, Ruxandra; Lazar, Alin; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

2D-Shear Wave Elastography in the Evaluation of Parathyroid Lesions in Patients with Hyperparathyroidism

Golu, Ioana; Sporea, Ioan; Moleriu, Lavinia; Tudor, Anca; Cornianu, Marioara; Vlad, Adrian; Timar, Romulus; Balas, Melania; Amzar, Daniela; Vlad, Mihaela

Romanian National Guidelines on Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in clinical practice

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu; Brisc, Ciprian; Ioanitescu, Simona; Moga, Tudor; Popescu, Alina; Saftoiu, Adrian; Sandulescu, Larisa; Sparchez, Zeno; Sirli, Roxana

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound algorithm (ACR CEUS LI-RADSv 2017) – a valuable tool for the noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease

Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Moga, Tudor; Topan, Madalina; Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan

Significant Association Between Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction, Left Atrial Performance and Liver Stiffness in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Parvanescu, Tudor; Vitel, Andrei; Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Buz, Bogdan; Bordejevic, Diana Aurora; Tomescu, Mirela Cleopatra; Arnautu, Sergiu Florin; Morariu, Vlad Ioan; Citu, Ioana Mihaela

Liver elastography for the diagnosis of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Ratiu, Iulia

Quo vadis liver biopsy? A multi-centre Romanian study regarding the number of liver biopsies performed for chronic viral hepatitis

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Gheorghe, Liana; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Sparchez, Zeno; Voiosu, Radu

Automatic evaluation of steatosis by ultrasound image analysis

Mihailescu, Dan Mihai; Gui, Vasile; Toma, Corneliu Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

The influence of liver residual mass on the values of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) in cirrhotic patients

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sendroiu, Madalina

Outcome of Antiviral Treatment in Patients with Chronic Genotype 1 HCV Hepatitis. A Retrospective Study in 507 Patients

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Curescu, Manuela; Gheorghe, Liana; Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona; Iacob, Speranta

Two-Dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography for Kidney Stiffness Assessment

Grosu, Iulia; Bob, Flaviu; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Schiller, Adalbert

Assessing Baveno VI Criteria Using Liver Stiffness Measured with a 2D-Shear Wave Elastography Technique

Fofiu, Renata; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Miutescu, Bogdan; Sporea, Ioan

Are there different cut-off values for staging liver fibrosis using 2D-SWE implemented on different systems from the same manufacturer?

Sporea, Ioan; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Fofiu, Renata; Sirli, Roxana

Advanced Ultrasound Application – Impact on Presurgical Risk Stratification of the Thyroid Nodules

Stoian, Dana; Ivan, Viviana; Sporea, Ioan; Florian, Varcus; Mozos, Ioana; Navolan, Dan; Nemescu, Dragos

Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Cotoi, Laura; Borcan, Florin; Sporea, Ioan; Amzar, Dana; Schiller, Oana; Schiller, Adalbert; Dehelean, Cristina Adriana; Pop, Gheorghe Nicusor; Stoian, Dana

Correlation of Point Shear Wave Velocity and Kidney Function in Chronic Kidney Disease

Grosu, Iulia; Bob, Flaviu; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Schiller, Adalbert

New Epidemiologic Data Regarding Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Romania

Manuc, Mircea; Preda, Carmen M.; Popescu, Corneliu P.; Baicus, Cristian; Voiosu, Theodor; Pop, Corina S.; Gheorghe, Liana; Sporea, Ioan; Trifan, Anca; Tantau, Marcel; Tantau, Alina; Ceausu, Emanoil; Proca, Doina; Constantinescu, Ileana; Ruta, Simona M.; Fulger, Larisa E.; Diculescu, Mircea; Oproiu, Alexandru

Romanian Guidelines for Nonpharmacological Therapy of IBS

Dumitrascu, Dan L.; Baban, Adriana; Bancila, Ion; Barboi, Oana; Bataga, Simona; Chira, Alexandra; Chirila, Ioan; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Ciobanu, Lidia; Cozma-Petrut, Anamaria; David, Liliana; Diculescu, Mircea; Dobru, Daniela; Dimitriu, Anca; Dumitru, Eugen; Fadgyas-Stanculete, Mihaela; Gheorghe, Cristian; Gilca-Blanariu, Georgiana-Emmanuela; Goldis, Adrian; Grad, Simona; Macarie, Melania; Marica-Sabo, Cristina; Miere, Doina; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Negovan, Anca; Pojoga, Cristina; Pop, Andrei-Vasile; Popa, Stefan-Lucian; Porr, Paul Juergen; Rusu, Flaviu; Seicean, Andrada; Sporea, Ioan; Stroie, Tudor; Surdea-Blaga, Teodora; Tocia, Cristina; Trifan, Anca; Brisc, Ciprian; Drug, Vasile

ULTRASOUND-BASED QUANTIFICATION OF FIBROSIS AND STEATOSIS WITH A NEW SOFTWARE CONSIDERING TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY AS REFERENCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES

Popa, Alexandru; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Baldea, Victor; Lupusoru, Raluca; Bende, Felix; Cotrau, Radu; Sporea, Ioan

Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Quantification of Steatosis: Which Cut-Offs to Use?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan Thyroid Pathology in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis

Cotoi, Laura; Borcan, Florin; Sporea, Ioan; Amzar, Daniela; Schiller, Oana; Schiller, Adalbert; Dehelean, Cristina A.; Pop, Gheorghe Nicusor; Borlea, Andreea; Stoian, Dana

Impact of Safety-Related Dose Reductions or Discontinuations on Sustained Virologic Response in HCV-Infected Patients: Results from the GUARD-C Cohort

Foster, Graham R.; Coppola, Carmine; Derbala, Moutaz; Ferenci, Peter; Orlandini, Alessandra; Reddy, K. Rajender; Tallarico, Ludovico; Shiffman, Mitchell L.; Ahlers, Silke; Bakalos, Georgios; Hassanein, Tarek; Basho, Jovan; Shabanaj, Gentian; Harxhi, Arjan; Debzi, Nabil; Afredj, Nawel; Guessab, Nawal; Mahindad, Nadir; Mahiou, Hassene; Aissaoui, Magda; Al Qameesh, Jihad; Al Ghandoor, Zuhal; Assene, Collins; Bastens, Boris; Brixko, Christian; Cool, Mike; De Galocsy, Chantal; Delwaide, Jean; George, Christophe; Laukens, Pierre; Lefebvre, Veronique; Mulkay, Jean-Pierre; Nevens, Frederik; Servais, Benoit; Van Vlierberghe, Hans; Horsmans, Yves; Henrion, Jean; Sprengers, Dirk; Michielsen, Peter; Bourgeois, Stefan; Lasser, Luc; Langlet, Philippe; Robaeys, Geert; Martinet, Jean-Paul; Warzee, Philippe; Hoste, Paul; Reynaert, Hendrik; Juriens, Irene; Decaestecker, Jochen; Van der Meersch, Filip; Janssens, Filip; Ahmetagic, Sead; Verhaz, Antonija; Bevanda, Milenko; Calkic, Lejla; Ibrahimpasic, Nevzeta; Mesihovic, Rusmir; Mello, Carlos Eduardo; Ruiz, Fernando Jose; Martins Junior, Elson; Ferraz, Maria Lucia; Silva, Giovanni; Mendes, Claudio; Lyra, Andre; Silva, Mariliza Henrique; Gomide, Geisa; Fernandes, Julio Cesar; Pereira, Patricia; Correa, Maria Cassia; Teixeira, Rosangela; Yousry, Ayman; Hanno, Abdelfatah; Gabr, Mamdouh; Omar, Ashraf; Esmat, Gamal; Karatapanis, Stilianos; Nikolopoulou, Vassiliki; Giannoulis, Grigoris; Manolakopoulos, Spilios; Elefsiniotis, Ioannis; Drakoulis, Christos; Dimitroulopoulos, Dimitrios; Kanatakis, Stilianos; Ketikoglou, Ioannis; Mimidis, Konstantinos; Evgenidis, Nikolaos; Akriviades, Euaggelos; Vafiadi-Zoubouli, Irini; Tsianos, Epameinondas; Mela, Maria; Orfanou, Eleni; Mousoulis, Georgios; Karagiannis, Ioannis; Manesis, Emmanuel; Varga, Marta; Nemesanszky, Elemer; Fried, Katalin; Schuller, Janos; Szalay, Ferenc; Lengyel, Gabriella; Tornai, Istvan; Banyai, Tivadar; Lesch, Miklos; Nagy, Istvan; Gervain, Judit; Tusnadi, Anna; Schneider, Ferenc; Szentgyorgyi, Laszlo; Hunyady, Bela; Vincze, Aron; Tolvaj, Gyula; Varkonyi, Istvan; Makkai, Erzsebet; Enyedi, Judit; 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Mazur, Wlodzimierz; Flisiak, Robert; Lipczynski, Artur; Musialik, Joanna; Piekarska, Anna; Augustyniak, Krystyna; Baka-Cwierz, Barbara; Simon, Krzysztof; Gietka, Andrzej; Berak, Hanna; Sieklucki, Jerzy; Radowska, Danuta; Szlauer, Bronislawa; Piekos, Tomasz; Olszok, Iwona; Jablkowski, Maciej; Orszulak, Grazyna; Warakomska, Iwona; Aleixo, Maria Joao; Valente, Cristina; Macedo, Guilherme; Sarmento-Castro, Rui; Roxo, Fausto; Faria, Telo; Mansinho, Kamal; Velez, Jorge; Ramos, Jose Presa; Guerreiro, Horacio; Alberto, Sara; Monteverde, Carlos; Serejo, Fatima; Peixe, Paula; Malhado, Jose; Derbala, Moutaz; Curescu, Manuela; Streinu-Cercel, Adrian; Caruntu, Florin; Livia, Hara; Preotescu, Liliana; Arama, Victoria; Ancuta, Ioan; Gheorghe, Liana; Stanciu, Carol; Trifan, Anca; Acalovschi, Monica; Andreica, Vasile; Pascu, Oliviu; Lencu, Monica; Sporea, Ioan; Olteanu, Dan; Ionita-Radu, Florentina; Fierbinteanu-Braticevici, Carmen; Motoc, Adriana; Silaghi, Rodica; Musat, Marioara; Coman, Felicia; Stan, Marioara; Cijevschi, Cristina; Miftode, Egidia; Delic, Dragan; Jesic, Rada; Nozic, Darko; Svorcan, Petar; Fabri, Milotka; Konstantinovic, Ljiljana; Pelemis, Mijomir; Jankovic, Goran; Todorovic, Zoran; Nagorni, Aleksandar; Kupcova, Viera; Skladany, Lubomir; Szantova, Maria; Krkoska, Dusan; Jarcuska, Peter; Schreter, Ivan; Oltman, Marian; Bocakova, Jana; Bunganic, Ivan; Holoman, Jozef; Giguere, Alain; Abdou, Ahmed Mohamed Saleh

Long Term Efficacy and Safety of Tenofovir DF (TDF) in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients (CHB) with Documented Lamivudine Resistance (LAM-R): 5 Year Results From a Randomized, Controlled Trial

Fung, Scott; Hann, Hie-Won; Elkhashab, Magdy; Berg, Thomas; Fabri, Milotka J.; Horban, Andrzej; Pelemis, Mijomir; Sporea, Ioan; Flaherty, John F.; Massetto, Benedetta; Kim, Kyungpil; Kitrinos, Kathryn M.; Subramanian, Mani; Yurdaydin, Cihan; Gane, Edward J.

The value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the characterization of vascular pattern of solid pancreatic lesions

Ardelean, Melania; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Timar, Bogdan; Buzas, Roxana; Mazilu, Octavian; Ardelean, Ovidiu; Lighezan, Daniel Spleen

Stiffness for Predicting Varices Needing Treatment: Comparison between Two Different Elastography Techniques (Point vs. 2D-SWE)

Fofiu, Renata; Bende, Felix; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

Effectiveness of 8-and 12-Week Treatment with Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir in Treatment-Naive HCV Patients in a Real-Life Setting in Romania: the AMETHYST Study

Trifan, Anca; Stanciu, Carol; Iliescu, Laura; Sporea, Ioan; Baroiu, Liliana; Diculescu, Mircea; Luca, Mihaela-Catalina; Miftode, Egidia; Cijevschi, Cristina; Mihai, Catalina; Sparchez, Zeno-Adrian; Pojoga, Cristina; Streinu-Cercel, Adrian; Gheorghe, Liliana

COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF POINT AND 2-D SHEAR-WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY FOR THE NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF LIVER FIBROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C USING TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY AS REFERENCE

Baldea, Victor; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Bende, Felix; Mare, Ruxandra; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Association Between Subclinical Left Ventricular Myocardial Systolic Dysfunction Detected by Strain and Strain-Rate Imaging and Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Detected by Elastography and Controlled Attenuation Parameter in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Vitel, Andrei; Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Banciu, Christian; Bordejevic, Diana-Aurora; Parvanescu, Tudor; Citu, Ioana Mihaela; Tomescu, Mirela Cleopatra

Diagnosis and Treatment of Colonic Diverticular Disease: Position Paper of the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Trifan, Anca; Gheorghe, Cristian; Sabo, Cristina Marica; Diculescu, Mircea; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Singeap, Ana Maria; Sfarti, Catalin; Gheorghe, Liana; Sporea, Ioan; Tantau, Marcel; Scripcariu, Viorel; Goldis, Adrian; Gheonea, Dan; Manuc, Mircea; Stanciu, Carol; Scarpignato, Carmelo; Dumitrascu, Dan L.

Non-invasive diagnosis of portal hypertension in cirrhosis using ultrasound based elastography

Grgurevic, Ivica; Bokun, Tomislav; Bozin, Tonci; Matic, Vladimir; Haberle, Sara; Sporea, Ioan

Is It Better to Use Together Transient Elastography (TE) and Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) for Fibrosis Evaluation in Patients With Chronic HCV Hepatitis?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Badea, Radu; Lupsor, Monica; Focsa, Mircea; Danila, Mirela; Bota, Simona

TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY (FibroScan (R)) As Compared to Real-Time Elastography (Siemens) in Patients with Chronic Hepatopathies

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra E.; Popescu, Alina; Focsa, Mircea; Danila, Mirela; Tudora, Adriana; Cornianu, Marioara

The BISAP score, NLR, CRP, or BUN: Which marker best predicts the outcome of acute pancreatitis?

Dancu, Greta Maria; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Bende, Felix; Tarta, Cristi; Sporea, Ioan

Impact of Sarcopenia on Survival and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Topan, Mirabela-Madalina; Sporea, Ioan; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sirli, Roxana

Shear Wave Elastography in Patients with Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Amzar, Daniela; Cotoi, Laura; Sporea, Ioan; Timar, Bogdan; Schiller, Oana; Schiller, Adalbert; Borlea, Andreea; Pop, Nicusor Gheorghe; Stoian, Dana

The Prevalence of HCV Infection and Risk Factors in a Hospital-Based Population Screening, a First Step to the Micro-Elimination of HCV Infection in Medical Institutions from Romania – Results of the HepC ALERT

Study Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Speranta; Csiki, Irma Eva; Huiban, Laura; Cojocaru, Monica; Cojocariu, Camelia; Nemteanu, Roxana; Girleanu, Irina; Sirli, Roxana; Singeap, Ana Maria; Pop, Corina; Dumitrascu, Dan L.; Vadan, Roxana; Iacob, Razvan; Diculescu, Mircea; Trifan, Anca; Sporea, Ioan; Gheorghe, Cristian

The new EFSUMB Guidelines on Liver Elastography 2017: why and for whom? Sporea, Ioan One or more elastographic methods for liver fibrosis assessment?

Sporea, Ioan To Scope or to Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening? Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina

Point of Care or Clinical Ultrasound?

Sporea, Ioan

Does the antiviral therapy of patients with chronic hepatitis exert nephrotoxic effects?

Gluhovschi, Cristina; Gadalean, Florica; Kaycsa, Adriana; Curescu, Manuela; Sporea, Ioan; Gluhovschi, Gheorghe; Petrica, Ligia; Velciov, Silvia; Bozdog, Gheorghe; Bob, Flaviu; Vernic, Corina; Cioca, Daniel

IS ARFI ELASTOGRAPHY USEFUL FOR FIBROSIS EVALUATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HCV HEPATITIS IN OUR CLINICAL PRACTICE? – A MULTICENTER INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Tanaka, Hironori; Iijima, Hiroko; Badea, Radu I.; Lupsor, Monica; Fierbinteanu, Carmen; Takahashi, Hirokazu; Piscaglia, Fabio; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index for the assessment of liver fibrosis severity in patients with chronic hepatitis

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

Colonoscopy and Sedation in Romania: Early Experience using a Balanced Propofol Regimen

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sandesc, Dorel; Bedreag, Ovidiu; Asai, Ramona; Sirli, Roxana; Vernic, Corina; Nicolita, Diana; Martie, Alina

How to improve the performances in diagnostic colonoscopy?

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Vernic, Corina; Sirli, Roxana Romanian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of GERD-induced Respiratory Manifestations

Drug, Vasile-Liviu; Antoniu, Sabina; Barboi, Oana-Bogdana; Arghir, Oana Cristina; Bancila, Ion; Bataga, Simona; Brisc, Ciprian; Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Cristina; Ciocirlan, Mihai; Ciortescu, Irina; David, Liliana; Deleanu, Oana Claudia; Diculescu, Mircea; Dimitriu, Anca; Dobru, Daniela; Dumitru, Eugen; Gheonea, Dan Ionut; Gheorghe, Cristian; Goldis, Adrian; Jinga, Mariana; Man, Milena; Mateescu, Bogdan; Manuc, Mircea; Mihai, Catalina; Mihaltan, Florin; Mihaescu, Traian; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Negreanu, Lucian; Pop, Carmen-Monica; Rajnoveanu, Ruxandra; Saftoiu, Adrian; Seicean, Andrada; Sporea, Ioan; Stanciu, Carol; Surdea-Blaga, Teodora; Tantau, Marcel; Todea, Doina; Trifan, Anca-Victorita; Ulmeanu, Ruxandra; Iov, Diana-Elena; Dumitrascu, Dan-Lucian

DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF 2-D SHEAR-WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY WITH PROPAGATION MAPS AND ATTENUATION IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE

Podrug, Kristian; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Pastrovic, Frane; Mustapic, Sanda; Baldea, Victor; Bozin, Tonci; Bokun, Tomislav; Salkic, Nermin; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Puljiz, Zeljko; Grgurevic, Ivica

Day-4 Lille Score Is a Good Prognostic Factor and Early Predictor in Assessing Therapy Response in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Foncea, Camelia Gianina; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Moga, Tudor Voicu; Bende, Felix; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

Is There a Place for Elastography in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Sporea, Ioan; Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana; Moga, Tudor; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina

Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in Functional Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract – EFSUMB Consensus Statement

Maconi, Giovanni; Hausken, Trygve; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Pallotta, Nadia; Sporea, Ioan; Nurnberg, Dieter; Dirks, Klaus; Romanini, Laura; Serra, Carla; Braden, Barbara; Sparchez, Zeno; Gilja, Odd Helge

Performance of a Noninvasive Time-Harmonic Elastography Technique for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation Using Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography as Reference

Method Moga, Tudor Voicu; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Popescu, Alina; Popa, Alexandru; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Schlesinger, Anton; Tzschaetzsch, Heiko

Virtual Touch Quantification using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Technology versus Transient Elastography for the Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C using Liver Biopsy as the Gold Standard

Baldea, Victor; Sporea, Ioan; Tudor, Anca; Popescu, Alina; Bende, Felix; Sirli, Roxana

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Need for Action

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana

Thyroid Multimodal Ultrasound Evaluation-Impact on Presurgical Diagnosis of Intermediate Cytology Cases

Borlea, Andreea; Stoian, Dana; Cotoi, Laura; Sporea, Ioan; Lazar, Fulger; Mozos, Ioana

Misdiagnosis of focal liver lesions by means of CEUS

Moga, Tudor-Voicu; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Sporea, Ioan

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Patients on Direct Oral Anticoagulants. A Consensus Paper of the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Farcas, Andreea; Bataga, Simona; Cijevschi, Cristina; Diculescu, Mircea; Dobru, Daniela; Dumitru, Eugen; Goldis, Adrian; Nedelcu, Laurentiu; Popesc, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Trifan, Anca; Valean, Simona; Gheorghe, Cristian; Dumitrascu, Dan Lucian

THE VALUE OF ULTRASOUND BASED ELASTOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR RULING OUT THE PRESENCE OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN LIVER CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Moga, Tudor V.; Pienar, Corina; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Bende, Felix; Foncea, Camelia Gianina; Gerhadt, Diana; Miutescu, Bogdan

The Future of Liver Elastography in the Field of Hepatology Sporea, Ioan Ultrasound: one stop shop in hepatology

Sporea, Ioan

Ultrasound for everyone – is it the right time?

Sporea, Ioan

The feasability of Transient Elastography using M and XL probes for assesing liver stiffness – a practice audit of 3235 examinations on a multi-etiology cohort

Sporea, Ioan; Motiu, Flavia; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Tascau, Oana Gradinaru; Deleanu, Alexandra; Dan, Isabel

Do the needle type and the operator experience influence liver biopsy specimen quality?

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Focsa, Mircea; Becheanu, Gabriel; Sirli, Roxana; Cornianu, Maria; Gheorghe, Liana; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Mihai, Catalina; Rogoveanu, Ion; Sandulescu, Larisa

Standard of care treatment for chronic viral C hepatitis in 2013 in Romania

Sporea, Ioan; Curescu, Manuela; Sirli, Roxana

Guidelines for Elastography

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

ARFI Elastography vs. Transient Elastography: which one is more influenced by high aminotransferases values

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Lupsor, Monica; Badea, Radu I.; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Piscaglia, Fabio; Borghi, Alberto; Ferlitsch, Arnulf; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

WGO Digestive Oncology Task Force: Validation of Hepatogastroenterologist Practice in Oncology

Valean, Simona; Mulder, Chris J. J.; Pascu, Oliviu; Stanciu, Carol; Diculescu, Mircea M.; Tantau, Marcel; Sporea, Ioan; Ciulean, Tudor E.; Mircea, Petru A.

Which Elastographic Method (Transient Elastography or ARFI) is More Useful for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C? – an International Multicenter Study

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Badea, Radu; Lupsor, Monica; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Piscaglia, Fabio; Borghi, Alberto; Ferlitsch, Arnulf; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Liver biopsy in the era of elastography Sporea, Ioan Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) for Predicting the Severity of Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic HCV Hepatitis – A Bicentric Romanian Study

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Braticevici, Carmen Fierbinteanu; Petrisor, Ana; Popescu, Alina; Popescu, Alina

How to improve the quality of the tissue sample obtained by percutaneous liver biopsy

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Effect of Silybin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis: Preliminary Results of a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial vs Placebo

Federico, Alessandro; Andreone, Pietro; Brisc, Marcel Ciprian; Chiaramonte, Maria; Floreani, Annarosa; Freni, Maria A.; Grieco, Antonio; Lobello, Salvatore; Milani, Stefano; Okolicsanyi, Lajos; Portincasa, Piero; Smedile, Antonina; Sporea, Ioan; Vecchione, Raffaela; Blanco, Camillo Del Vecchio; Loguercio, Carmela

Can Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) Predict the Complications of Liver Cirrhosis?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona I.; Ciof, Octavian Paul; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Which is the Best Noninvasive Ultrasound Method for the Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Nicolita, Diana; Deleanu, Alexandra E.

The value of transabdominal ultrasound for assessment of the severity of liver steatosis as compared to liver biopsy

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Basa, Elena; Cornianu, Maria; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Focsa, Mircea

The compliance to colorectal cancer screening by faecal occult blood test in a group of subjects from timisoara

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Cicala, Camelia; Besenyodi, Beata; Besenyodi, Noemi; Cernescu, Calin; Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana

Assessment of Renal Allograft Stiffness and Viscosity Using 2D SWE PLUS and Vi PLUS Measures-A Pilot Study

Maralescu, Felix-Mihai; Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Schiller, Adalbert; Petrica, Ligia; Moga, Tudor Voicu; Mare, Ruxandra; Grosu, Iulia; Bob, Flaviu

The diagnostic accuracy of ElastQ 2-D shear wave elastography for liver fibrosis risk assessment in a mixed etiology, multinational cohort

Bauer, David J. M.; De Silvestri, Annalisa; Maiocchi, Laura; Mare, Ruxandra; Sporea, Ioan; Muellner-Bucsics, Theresa; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Reiberger,

Thomas Multiparametric ultrasound approach using a tree based decision classifier for the inconclusive focal liver lesions evaluated by contrast enhanced ultrasound

Moga, Tudor-Voicu; David, Ciprian; Popescu, Alina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Heredea, Darius; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Foncea, Camelia; Burdan, Adrian; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan

Performance of a p-SWE method implemented on a new ultrasound system for predicting advanced liver fibrosis

Popa, Alexandru; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Borlea, Andreea; Bende, Felix; Baldea, Victor; Lupusoru, Raluca; Foncea, Camelia; Cotrau, Radu; Ariana, Pascu; Sporea, Ioan

Comparison between two 2D-SWE techniques using transient elastography as a reference method for liver stiffness assessment

Popescu, Alina; Foncea, Camelia; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sirli, Roxana; Bende, Felix; Popa, Alexandru; Baldea, Victor; Cotrau, Radu; Ariana, Pascu; Sporea, Ioan

The Non-Invasive Ultrasound-Based Assessment of Liver Viscosity in a Healthy Cohort

Popa, Alexandru; Sporea, Ioan; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Fofiu, Renata; Borlea, Andreea; Baldea, Victor; Pascu, Ariana; Foncea, Camelia Gianina; Cotrau, Radu; Sirli, Roxana

Artificial Intelligence System for Predicting Prostate Cancer Lesions from Shear Wave Elastography Measurements

Secasan, Ciprian Cosmin; Onchis, Darian; Bardan, Razvan; Cumpanas, Alin; Novacescu, Dorin; Botoca, Corina; Dema, Alis; Sporea, Ioan

LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS SUCCESS RATES BY POINT SHEAR-WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY AND 2D SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY USING DIFFERENT ULTRASOUND PROBES. DOES A NEW BARIATRIC PROBE INCREASE LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS SUCCESS RATES IN THE OBESE POPULATION?

Bende, Felix; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Pascu, Ariana; Popa, Alexandru; Foncea, Camelia G.; Baldea, Victor; Cotrau, Radu; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sporea, Ioan

Usefulness of Imaging and Biological Tools for the Characterization of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Hepatocellular

Carcinoma Burciu, Calin; Sirli, Roxana; Bende, Felix; Fofiu, Renata; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Miutescu, Bogdan; Danila, Mirela

CLINICAL PREDICTIVE SCORES FOR DETECTING STEATOSIS AND FIBROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Mare, Ruxandra G.; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sima, Alexandra; Timar, Romulus; Sirli, Roxana

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PATIENTS WITH DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Moga, Tudor V.; Foncea, Camelia G.; Fofiu, Renata; Burdan, Adrian; Heredea, Darius; Ratiu, Iulia; Miutescu, Bogdan; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

LIVER ELASTICITY IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS USING P-SWE AND 2DSWE IMPLEMENTED ON TWO NEW ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS USING TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY AS THE REFERENCE METHOD

Pascu, Anca A.; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Popa, Alexandru; Foncea, Camelia G.; Cotrau, Radu; Plopeanu, Andrei D.; Baldea, Victor; Sporea, Ioan

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ULTRASOUND-BASED VISCOELASTICITY MEASUREMENTS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE

Popa, Alexandru; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Bende, Felix; Baldea, Victor; Fofiu, Renata; Cotrau, Radu; Sporea, Ioan

50th years anniversary of EFSUMB: Initial roots, maturation, and new shoots

Jenssen, Christian; Ewertsen, Caroline; Piscaglia, Fabio; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Gilja, Odd Helge; Sidhu, Paul S.; Saftoiu, Adrian; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Cantisani, Vito; Meng, Stefan

Comparison of Different Nutritional Assessment Tools in Detecting Malnutrition and Sarcopenia among Cirrhotic Patients

Topan, Mirabela-Madalina; Sporea, Ioan; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sirli, Roxana

Point Shear Wave Elastography by ElastPQ for Fibrosis Screening in Patients with NAFLD: A Prospective, Multicenter Comparison to Vibration-Controlled Elastography

Bauer, David J. M.; Matic, Vladimir; Mare, Ruxandra; Maiocchi, Laura; Chromy, David; Muellner-Bucsics, Theresa; Mandorfer, Mattias; Mustapic, Sandra; Sporea, Ioan; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Grgurevic, Ivica; Reiberger, Thomas

Diagnosis of malignant biliary obstruction: pondering over the ERCP, MRCP and histology

Ratiu, Iulia; Lupusoru, Raluca; Lungeanu, Diana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian; Danila, Mirela; Miutescu, Bogdan; Moga, Tudor; Barbulescu, Andreea; Taban, Sorina; Dema, Alis; Sirli, Roxana

Liver Steatosis: Better Predictor of CKD in MAFLD Than Liver Fibrosis as Determined by Transient Elastography With Controlled Attenuation Parameter

Marc, Luciana; Mihaescu, Adelina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Grosu, Iulia; Gadalean, Florica; Bob, Flaviu; Chisavu, Lazar; Olariu, Nicu; Tucicovschi, Vlad; Timar, Bogdan; Sporea, Ioan; Timar, Romulus; Schiller, Adalbert

Fibrosis Predictive Score in Caucasian Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Mare, Ruxandra; Sporea, Ioan; Tomescu, Mirela; Pop, Gheorghe Nicusor; Vitel, Andrei; Popescu, Alina; Nistorescu, Silviu; Sirli, Roxana

Multiparametric Ultrasound Approach Using a Tree-Based Decision Classifier for Inconclusive Focal Liver Lesions Evaluated by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound

Moga, Tudor Voicu; David, Ciprian; Popescu, Alina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Heredea, Darius; Ghiuchici, Ana M.; Foncea, Camelia; Burdan, Adrian; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Ratiu, Iulia; Bizerea-Moga, Teofana; Sporea, Ioan

Opportunistic Colonoscopy Cancer Screening Pays off in Romania-A Single-Centre Study

Ratiu, Iulia; Lupusoru, Raluca; Vora, Prateek; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian; Danila, Mirela; Miutescu, Bogdan; Barbulescu, Andreea; Hnatiuc, Madalina; Diaconescu, Razvan; Taban, Sorina; Lazar, Fulger; Sirli, Roxana

ULTRASOUND VISCOELASTIC LIVER MEASUREMENTS AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THEM

Sirli, Roxana Lucia Denisa; Popa, Alexandru; Popescu, Alina; Renata, Fofiu; Bende, Felix; Baldea, Victor; Sporea, Ioan

A plea for a unified approach to sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy in Romania: results from a prospective multicentric trial

Voiosu, Theodor; Moga, Tudor; Nedelcu, Cristian; Tocia, Cristina; State, Monica; Puscasu, Claudia; Bengus, Andreea; Voiosu, Andrei; Negreanu, Lucian; Dumitru, Eugen; Constantinescu, Gabriel; Mateescu, Bogdan; Sporea, Ioan

Inter-system reproducibility of liver stiffness measurement with two different two-dimensional shear wave elastography techniques using transient elastography as the reference method

Baldea, Victor; Bende, Felix; Popa, Alexandru; Cotrau, Radu; Raluca, Lupusoru; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

ASSESSING BAVENO VI CRITERIA USING LIVER STIFFNESS MEASURED WITH A 2D-SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE

Bende, Felix; Fofiu, Renata; Sporea, Ioan; Baldea, Victor; Sirli, Roxana; Miutescu, Bogdan; Dancu, Greta M.; Foncea, Camelia G.; Popescu, Alina

THE FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS AND ALCOHOLIC LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Foncea, Camelia G.; Popescu, Alina; Fofiu, Renata; Cotrau, Radu; Belintan, Patricia; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

Comparative study between two 2D-Shear Waves Elastography techniques for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Baldea, Victor; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

Extending and validating the Baveno VI criteria for the exclusion of high-risk varices

Barbulescu, Andreea; Ratiu, Iulia; Sporea, Ioan; Lungeanu, Diana; Lupusoru, Raluca; Miutescu, Bogdan; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the assessment of focal nodular hyperplasia – results of a multicentre study

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sandulescu, Daniela Larisa; Saftoiu, Adrian; Moga, Tudor; Sparchez, Zeno; Cijevschi, Cristina; Mihai, Catalina; Ioanitescu, Simona; Nedelcu, Dana; Iacob, Nicoleta; Miclaus, Gratian; Brisc, Ciprian; Badea, Radu

Virtual touch quantification using acoustic radiation force impulse technology versus transient elastography for the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C using liver biopsy as gold standard

Baldea, Victor; Sporea, Ioan; Raluca, Lupusoru; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Elast q-2D shear wave liver elastography correlates well with vibration controlled transcient elastography in patients with different etiologies of chronic liver disease

Bauer, David J. M.; De Silvestri, Annalisa; Maiocchi, Laura; Mare, Ruxandra; Sporea, Ioan; Bucsics, Theresa; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Reiberger, Thomas

Microelimination of chronic hepatitis C in Romania – another pathway to achieve national elimination goals by HepC ALERT project

Gheorghe, Liliana Simona; Iacob, Speranta; Huiban, Laura; Cojocaru, Monica; Cojocariu, Camelia; Nemteanu, Roxana; Girleanu, Irina; Sirli, Roxana; Singeap, Ana Maria; Pop, Corina; Dumitrascu, Dan; Iacob, Razvan; Diculescu, Mircea Mihai; Trifan, Anca; Sporea, Ioan; Gheorghe, Cristian

Two-dimensional real-time shear wave elastography and risk for de novo hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced chronic liver disease

Gu, Wenyi; de Ledinghen, Victor; Aube, Christophe; Krag, Aleksander; Strassburg, Christian; Castera, Laurent; Dumortier, Jerome; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Pol, Stanislas; Grgurevic, Ivica; Zheng, Rong-Qin; Francque, Sven; Gottfriedova, Halima; Sporea, Ioan; Margini, Cristina; Cassinotto, Christophe; Boursier, Jerome; Rasmussen, Ditlev; Vilgrain, Valerie; Guibal, Aymeric; Zeuzem, Stefan; Vassord, Camille; Vonghia, Luisa; Senkerikova, Renata; Popescu, Alina; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Wang, Wenping; Thiele, Maja; Jansen, Christian; Trebicka, Jonel

What did we learn from a large cohort of more than 24,000 patients evaluated by transient elastography in a single- center?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Alin, Lazar; Isabel, Dan; Deleanu, Alexandra Elena; Corina, Vernic

ULTRASOUND-GUIDED ATTENUATION PARAMETER (UGAP) FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF LIVER STEATOSIS USING CONTROLLED ATTENUATION PARAMETER (CAP) AS THE REFERENCE METHOD

Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan; Baldea, Victor; Lazar, Alin; Lupusoru, Raluca; Fofiu, Renata; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

A SIMPLE ALGORITHM TO IDENTIFY BILIARY ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Dancu, Greta M.; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana

NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES FOR SCREENING OF SIGNIFICANT LIVER FIBROSIS AND STEATOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER

Foncea, Camelia G.; Popescu, Alina; Lupusoru, Raluca; Moga, Tudor V.; Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

PREDICTORS OF STEATOSIS SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME

Mare, Ruxandra G.; Sporea, Ioan; Nistorescu, Silviu; Vitel, Andrei; Lupulescu, Patricia; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Pop, Gheorghe N.; Tomescu, Mirela

PROBIOTICS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY

Popescu, Alina; Foncea, Camelia G.; Lupusoru, Raluca; Topan, Mirabela M.; Cotrau, Radu; Moga, Tudor V.; Belintan, Andrada-Patricia; Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

WHICH ARE THE MAIN FACTORS TO PREDICT ADVANCED LIVER FIBROSIS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS?

Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Lupusoru, Raluca; Nistorescu, Silviu; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Timar, Romulus

Education in Ultrasonography – when to start and when to stop

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

MICROELIMINATION OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C IN ROMANIA – SCREENING AND LINKAGE PROGRAM IN TERTIARY GASTROENTEROLOGY CENTERS

Gheorghe, Liliana-Simona; Iacob, Speranta; Cojocariu, Camelia; Huiban, Laura; Nemteanu, Roxana; Girleanu, Irina; Baldea, Victor; Iacob, Razvan; Trifan, Anca; Sporea, Ioan; Gheorghe, Cristian

Point shear wave elastography by ElastPQ accurately stages hepatic fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: A prospective, multicentric study

Bauer, David J. M.; Matic, Vladimir; Mare, Ruxandra; Maiocchi, Laura; Chromy, David; Bucsics, Theresa; Mustapic, Sanda; Sporea, Ioan; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Reiberger, Thomas; Grgurevic, Ivica

Baveno VI principle for non-invasive assessment of high risk varices is also applicable with shear wave elastography

Farcau, Oana; Bende, Felix; Ardelean, Andreea; Petra, Fischer; Lupsor-Platon, Monica; Procopet, Bogdan; Badea, Radu; Tantau, Marcel; Sporea, Ioan; Stefanescu, Horia

2d-shear wave elastography for the spleen stiffness evaluation: A non-invasive marker for predicting high risk varices in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis

Fofiu, Renata; Sporea, Ioan; Felix, Bende; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

Validation of hand grip strength as a nutritional assessment tool for patients with advanced liver fibrosis

Mirabela-Madalina, Topan; Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana; Ghiuchici, Ana-Maria; Burciu, Calin; Sporea, Ioan

Non-invasive fibrosis scores (APRI, FIB4 index, BARD): Useful tools for evaluating fatty liver disease

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Foncea, Camelia; Cotrau, Radu; Sima, Alexandra Christa; Braha, Adina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Silviu, Nistorescu; Lupusoru, Raluca; Gherhardt, Diana; Timar, Romulus

Controlled attenuation parameter for evaluating liver steatosis in type 2 diabetes patients

Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra; Lupusoru, Raluca; Silviu, Nistorescu; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela

Simple prediction score to predict fibrosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Mare, Ruxandra; Silviu, Nistorescu; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Lungeanu, Diana

2D-Shear-Wave elastography predicts survival in advanced chronic liver disease

Trebicka, Jonel; De Ledinghen, Victor; Aube, Christophe; Krag, Aleksander; Castera, Laurent; Dumortier, Jerome; Boursier, Jerome; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Stanislas, Pol; Grgurevic, Ivica; Zheng, Rongqin; Francque, Sven; Gottfriedova, Halima; Sporea, Ioan; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Wang, Wenping; Rautou, Pierre-Emmanuel; Andrade, Filipe; Strassburg, Christian P.; Zheng, Jian; Cassinotto, Christophe; Wassil, Merrouche; Rasmussen, Ditlev; Vilgrain, Valerie; Guibal, Aymeric; Vassord, Camille; Zeuzem, Stefan; Vonghia, Luisa; Senkerikova, Renata; Popescu, Alina; Paisant, Anita; Margini, Cristina; Zuberbulher, Floraine; Irles-Depe, Marie; Thiele, Maja; Jansen, Christian US4all (Ultrasound for all) Sporea, Ioan

THE VALUE OF ELASTPQ TO RULE IN AND RULE OUT HCV LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Bende, Felix; Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Fofiu, Renata; Miutescu, Bogdan

UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR OF HEMANGIOMAS ON CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND (CEUS) EXAMINATION

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Pascaru, Anda; Stepan, Ana-Maria

Clinical elastography

Sporea, Ioan

Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer

Oprea, Maria Cristina; Vlad, Mihaela; Golu, Ioana; Sporea, Ioan; Fulger, Lazar

Transient Elastography with Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) a tool for liver disease screening in type II diabetes mellitius patients

Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Nistorescu, Silviu; Timar, Romulus

IS RENAL STIFFNESS MEASURED USING ELASTOGRAPHY INFLUENCED MAINLY BY VASCULAR FACTORS?

Bob, Flaviu; Grosu, Iulia; Sporea, Ioan; Timar, Romulus; Lighezan, Daniel; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Buzas, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Munteanu, Mircea; Lighezan, Diana; Schiller, Adalbert

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND ACCELERATED DECREASE OF GFR IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA PATIENTS

Gadalean, Florica; Iancu, Izabela; Sporea, Ioan; Bob, Flaviu; Mihaescu, Adelina; Schiller, Oana; Velciov, Silvia; Bozdog, Gheorghe; Ciorcan, Mircea; Schiller, Adalbert

PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF DISCORDANT RESULTS BETWEEN FIBROMAX (R) AND FIBROSCAN (R) IN PATIENTS WITH HCV COMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS BEFORE 3D ANTIVIRAL THERAPY INITIATION

Gheorghe, Liliana; Iacob, Speranta; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Trifan, Anca; Stanciu, Carol; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Curescu, Manuela; Brisc, Ciprian; Mihai, Catalina; Alexandrescu, Luana; Sandulescu, Larisa D.; Goldis, Adrian; Arama, Victoria; Caruntu, Florin; Hara, Livia; Rogoveanu, Ion; Diculescu, Mircea; Gheorghe, Cristian; Seicean, Andrada; Iacob, Razvan; Simionov, Iulia I.; Vadan, Roxana; Pirvulescu, Iuliana; Pietrareanu, Corina

PREDICTORS OF LIVER STIFFNESS REGRESSION AFTER SVR IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS TREATED WITH 3D REGIMEN

Iacob, Speranta; Gheorghe, Liliana; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Trifan, Anca; Stanciu, Carol; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Curescu, Manuela; Brisc, Ciprian; Mihai, Catalina; Alexandrescu, Luana; Sandulescu, Larisa D.; Goldis, Adrian; Arama, Victoria; Caruntu, Florin; Hara, Livia; Rogoveanu, Ion; Diculescu, Mircea; Iacob, Razvan; Gheorghe, Cristian; Seicean, Andrada; Simionov, Iulia I.; Vadan, Roxana; Pirvulescu, Iuliana; Pietrareanu, Corina

PROPOSED CUT-OFFS IN HCV CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE USING ELASTPQ

Mare, Ruxandra G.; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Bende, Felix; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Danila, Mirela

DYNAMIC OF LIVER STIFFNESS VALUES BY MEANS OF TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH HCV LIVER CIRRHOSIS UNDERGOING INTERFERON FREE TREATMENT

Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sandulescu, Larisa D.; Iacob, Speranta; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Gheorghe, Liana

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PARITAPREVIR/RITONAVIR, OMBITASVIR AND DASABUVIR PLUS/ MINUS RIBAVIRIN FOR TREATMENT OF HCV GENOTYPE 1B COMPENSATED CIRRHOSIS IN PATIENTS AGED 70 YEARS OR OLDER

Trifan, Anca; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Gheorghe, Liana; Curescu, Manuela; Brisc, Ciprian; Bataga, Simona; Miftode, Egidia; Arama, Victoria; Rogoveanu, Ion; Suceveanu, Andra Iulia; Singeap, Ana Maria; Chiriac, Stefan A.; Cuciureanu, Tudor; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian; Popescu, Alina; Iacob, Speranta; Sfarti, Catalin; Cojocariu, Camelia; Stefanescu, Gabriela; Girleanu, Irina; Stoica, Oana; Mihai, Catalina; Ciortescu, Irina; Stanciu, Carol

Ultrasound and liver elastography – tools for detection and quantification of severity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the general population

Sporea, Ioan

Prospective comparison of noninvasive techniques for the assessment of liver stiffness in a cohort of compensated HCV liver cirrhosis

Lupusoru, Raluca; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Mare, Ruxandra; Bende, Felix

A new diagnosis tool for the evaluation of liver fibrosis: rarametric imaging-arrival time (PAT)-preliminary study

Lupusoru, Raluca; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Miutescu, Bogdan

Spontaneus hepatic subcapsular hematoma: A case report

Lupusoru, Raluca; Tabacu, Diana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

100% Virological Response and Adherence in HCV Genotype 1 Liver Cirrhosis Treated with 3D Regimen in a Romanian Real-life Cohort

Gheorghe, Liana; Trifan, Anca; Iacob, Maria Speranta; Stanciu, Carol; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Cijevschi, Cristina; Arama, Victoria; Popescu, Cristina; Brisc, Ciprian; Goldis, Adrian; Rogoveanu, Ion; Iacob, Razvan; Gheorghe, Cristian

Dynamics of AFP in Cirrhotic Patients with Virological Response Following 3D Therapy and Severe Necro-inflammation at Fibromax

Gheorghe, Liana; Iacob, Maria Speranta; Trifan, Anca; Stanciu, Carol; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Cijevschi, Cristina; Arama, Victoria; Brisc, Ciprian; Rogoveanu, Ion; Iacob, Razvan; Gheorghe, Cristian

100% virological response and adherence in HCV genotype 1 liver cirrhosis treated with 3D regimen in a Romanian real-life cohort

Gheorghe, Liana; Trifan, Anca; Iacob, Speranta; Stanciu, Carol; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Cijevschi, Cristina; Arama, Victoria; Popescu, Cristina; Brisc, Ciprian; Goldis, Adrian; Rogoveanu, Ion; Iacob, Razvan; Gheorghe,

Cristian The influence of clinical significant portal hypertension (stage Baveno 2) on safety, tolerability and efficacy of paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir, dasabuvir and ribavirin (PrOD plus R) in a real-world large cohort of genotype 1b HCV liver cirrhosis patients

Trifan, Anca; Singeap, Ana Maria; Gheorghe, Liana; Curescu, Manuela G.; Cijevschi, Cristina; Brisc, Ciprian; Cojocariu, Camelia; Stefanescu, Gabriela V.; Mihai, Catalina; Bataga, Simona; Miftode, Egidia; Arama, Victoria; Rogoveanu, Ion; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian; Suceveanu, Andra I.; Iacob, Speranta; Girleanu, Irina; Stanciu, Carol

Efficacy and safety of paritaprevir/ritonavir, ombitasvir and dasabuvir plus ribavirin for treatment of HCV genotype lb compensated cirrhosis in patients aged

65 years or older Trifan, Anca; Cijevschi, Cristina; Gheorghe, Liana; Curescu, Manuela G.; Brisc, Ciprian; Bataga, Simona; Rogoveanu, Ion; Miftode, Egidia; Arama, Victoria; Chiriac, Stefan; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian; Popescu, Alina; Cojocariu, Camelia; Stefanescu, Gabriela V.; Mihai, Catalina; Ciortescu, Irina; Stanciu, Carol

Point shear wave elastography has high diagnostic accuracy for staging of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C infection

van Tilborg, Marjolein; Sporea, Ioan; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Yousoufi, Nagma; Hansen, Bettina E.; de Knegt, Robert J.

Value of 2D-SWE. GE for the Assessement of Liver Stiffness in Advanced Liver Fibrosis

Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Lupusoru, Raluca; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Sporea, Ioan

Ultrasound Based Elastographic Methods for the Prediction of Esophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Lupusoru, Raluca; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Moga, Tudor; Pienar, Corina; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Bende, Felix

Which Is the Best Noninvasive Method to Diagnose Compensated HCV Liver Cirrhosis?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Stepan, Ana-Maria; Lupusoru, Raluca; Mare, Ruxandra G.; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Why isn’t Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for Focal Liver Lesions used more in daily practice?

Sporea, Ioan

Feasibility of three ultrasound shear wave elastographic methods in overweight and obese patients

Sporea, Ioan

How gold is the gold standard method for staging liver fibrosis?

Sporea, Ioan

Liver Elastography – Where are we Now?

Sporea, Ioan

An Overview on the Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Stiffness Using 2D-Shear Wave Elastography in Clinical Practice

Popescu, Alina; Gradinaru, Oana; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Danila, Mirela; Popescu, Madalina

Feasibility of Transient Elastography in a Real Life Gastroenterology Department Setting

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Ivascu, Siegfried Cristian; Mare, Ruxandra

20 Years Experience of Percutaneous Echo-Assisted Liver Biopsy Using Menghini Modified Needles

Sporea, Ioan; Bende, Felix; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Mare, Ruxandra

REPLY TO LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE: ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE AND SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING VERSUS TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY FOR LIVER FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT”

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana

Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhotic Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sendroiu, Madalina; Bota, Simona

Comparison Between the M and Xl Probes for Fibrosis Assessment by Transient Elastography

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Deleanu, Alexandra; Culcea, Laura; Szilaski, Milana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

The usefulness of spleen stiffness evaluated by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography for assessing liver fibrosis

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Tascau, Oana Gradinaru; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela

A Study over the Importance of Arterial Phase Temporal Parameters in Focal Liver Lesions CEUS based Diagnosis

Caleanu, Catalin-Daniel; Simion, Georgiana; David, Ciprian; Gui, Vasile; Moga, Tudor; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan

Simultaneous Filtering and Tracking of Focal Liver Lesion for Time Intensity Curve Analysis in Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imagery

Mihailescu, Dan Mihai; Gui, Vasile; Toma, Corneliu Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan

The correlation between histology and the three elastographic techniques available in our department

Sporea, Ioan; Tascau, Oana Gradinaru; Popescu, Alina; Popescu, Madalina; Sirli, Roxana; Motiu, Flavia

Dynamic of liver stiffness values by Transient Elastography in inactive HBV carriers

Szilaski, Milana; Sirli, Roxana; Ivascu, Cristian; Tascau, Oana Gradinaru; Deleanu, Alexandra; Dan, Isabel; Sporea, Ioan

A new score for predicting the mortality in cirrhotic patients with infections

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Bende, Felix B.; Popescu, Cristina; Moga, Tudor Voicu; Ivascu, Cristian; Danila, Mirela; Suseanu, Dragos; Martie, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina

Cut-off values for Real Time Shear Wave Elastography (SuperSonic Shear Imaging) considering Transient Elastography as the reference method

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru, Oana; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Madalina; Danila, Mirela

How many measurements are needed for liver stiffness assessment by SuperSonic Shear Imaging (SSI) and which do we need to use: the mean or median value of these measurements?

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru, Oana; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Madalina; Danila, Mirela

The usefulnes of ARFI elastography for evaluation of liver fibrosis

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Jurchis, Ana; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana

The usefulness of Transient Elastography for the evaluation of subjects chronically infected with hepatitis B virus

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Deleanu, Alexandra; Dan, Isabel; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana; Ardelean, Melania; Cornu, Nadia; Danila, Mirela

The usefulness of Transient Elastography for the evaluation of subjects chronically infected with hepatitis C virus

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Bota, Simona; Deleanu, Alexandra; Dan, Isabel; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana; Ardelean, Melenia; Cornu, Nadia; Danila, Mirela

Cut-off values of supersonic shear imaging for predicting significant fibrosis and liver cirrhosis

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Madalina; Danila, Mirela

The feasibility of shear-wave elastographic methods for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Madalina; Danila, Mirela

Experience plays a role in the liver stiffness measurements by means of supersonic shear imaging (SSI)?

Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru-Tascau, Oana; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Popescu, Alina; Popescu, Madalina; Sirli, Roxana; Szilaski, Milana

Which Factors Influence the Accuracy of Liver Stiffness Measurements by Transient Elastography (TE) and by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation? – The Analysis of a Large International Cohort of Patients

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Sirli, Roxana; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Lupsor, Monica Platon; Badea, Radu I.; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Piscaglia, Fabio; Marinelli, Sara; Salzl, Petra; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

The Importance of Interleukin 28b Polymorphism for Prediction of Sustained Virologic Response in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Treated With Triple Therapy Including Boceprevir or Telaprevir – A Meta-Analysis

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Neghina, Adriana; Popescu, Alina; Strain, Mihnea

Epidemiological Characteristics of Chronic Hepatitis DELTA Virus Infection (CHD) in Romania

Gheorghe, Liana S.; Csiki, Irma; Iacob, Speranta; Trifan, Anca; Grigorescu, Mircea D.; Motoc, Adriana; Suceveanu, Andra Iulia; Curescu, Manuela; Caruntu, Florin A.; Sporea, Ioan; Brisc, Ciprian; Rogoveanu, Ion; Tugui, Letitia P.; Alexandrescu, Andrea

Which Factors Influence the Reability of Liver Stiffness Measurements by Means of Transient Elastography? – Monocentric Experience

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Jurchis, Ana; Bota, Simona; Deleanu, Alexandra E.; Dan, Isabel; Ardelean, Melania; Cornu, Nadia I.; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Timar, Romulus

The Value of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) for Focal Liver Lesions Characterization – A Multicenter Romanian Study

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu I.; Popescu, Alina; Sparchez, Zeno; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Sandulescu, Larisa D.; Bota, Simona; Calescu, Dorina Pestroiu; Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi; Mihai, Catalina; Nedelcu, Dana; Brisc, Ciprian; Ciobaca, Lucian; Saftoiu, Adrian; Gheorghe, Liana S.; Socaciu, Mihai; Martie, Alina F.; Ioanitescu, Simona; Tamas, Attila; Streba, Costin T.; Iordache, Mihaela; Simionov, Iulia I.; Jinga, Mariana; Anghel, Adrian

Which Shear-Waves Ultrasound Elastographic Method (Transient Elastography-TE, Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse-ARFI, Supersonic Shear Imaging-SSI) Is More Feasible for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation?

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Gradinaru, Oana; Popescu, Alina; Sirli, Roxana

The Usefulness of Liver Stiffness Assessment by Means of Supersonic Shear Imaging (SSI) for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation Considering Transient Elastography As Reference Method

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Gradinaru, Oana; Sirli, Roxana

Is There any Difference Between the Glomerular Filtration Rate of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B and C and Patients With Cirrhosis?

Gluhovschi, Cristina; Velciov, Silvia; Buzas, Roxana; Petrica, Ligia; Bozdog, Gheorghe; Gadalean, Florica; Gluhovschi, Adrian; Balgradean, Cristian; Vernic, Corina; Sporea, Ioan

Factors associated with failure of liver stiffness measurement using Supersonic Shear Imaging Elastography

Jurchis, Ana; Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Bota, Simona; Gradinaru, Oana; Szilaski, Milana; Suseanu, Dragos; Ivascu, Cristian; Martie, Alina

Are there any differences in liver stiffness assessed by Supersonic Shear Imaging elastography depending on the patients position?

Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Gradinaru, Oana; Jurchis, Ana; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Bota, Simona; Martie, Alina; Sendroiu, Madalina; Suseanu, Dragos; Ivascu, Cristian; Popescu, Madalina; Buragohain, Gunajeed; Moga, Tudor Voicu

Transient elastography as a predictor of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: a meta-analysis

Sirli, Roxana; Angheloiu, Vila S.; Focsa, Mircea; Bota, Simona; Jurchis, Ana; Szilaski, Milana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan

ARFI Elastography and Supersonic Shear Imaging vs. Transient Elastography for liver fibrosis assessment

Sporea, Ioan; Jurchis, Ana; Sirli, Roxana; Gradinaru, Oana; Ratiu, Iulia; Popescu, Alina; Szilaski, Milana; Bota, Simona; Martie, Alina; Dan, Isabel; Deleanu, Alexandra; Ardelean, Melania; Nadia, Cornu I.; Ivascu, Cristian; Suseanu, Dragos

Is the Correlation of Liver Stiffness Assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) Influenced by the Aminotransferases Level? – an International Multicenter Study

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Tanaka, Hironori; Iijima, Hiroko; Badea, Radu; Lupsor, Monica; Braticevici, Carmen Fierbinteanu; Petrisor, Ana; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Takahashi, Hirokazu; Ono, Naofumi; Piscaglia, Fabio; Borghi, Alberto; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Gallotti, Anna; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Ferlitsch, Arnulf; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Intra and Interoperator Reproducibility of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI)

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sendroiu, Madalina; Jurchis, Ana; Martie, Alina F.; Suseanu, Dragos Can

We use in Clinical Practice Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) to Predict the Presence of Significant Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients?

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Focsa, Mircea; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Is Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) a Useful Method for Noninvasive Fibrosis Evaluation in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C? – an International Multicenter Study

Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Tanaka, Hironori; Iijima, Hiroko; Badea, Radu; Lupsor, Monica; Braticevici, Carmen Fierbinteanu; Petrisor, Ana; Saito, Hidetsugu; Ebinuma, Hirotoshi; Friedrich-Rust, Mireen; Sarrazin, Christoph; Takahashi, Hirokazu; Ono, Naofumi; Piscaglia, Fabio; Borghi, Alberto; D’Onofrio, Mirko; Gallotti, Anna; Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus; Ferlitsch, Arnulf; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela Cystic tumor of the Liver Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Jurchis, Ana

Antiviral treatment for HCV-related cirrhosis: Is the effort worth it ? reply

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana

Romanian Ultrasonography in Vienna

Sporea, Ioan

CAN SPLEEN STIFFNESS ASSESSED BY MEANS OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY (ARFI) PREDICT THE PRESENCE OF SIGNIFICANT ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS?

Bota, Simona; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Sendroiu, Madalina; Suseanu, Dragos; Martie, Alina

Genetic polymorphism in IL28B genotype and its correlation with Sustained Virologic Response in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Moga, Tudor Voicu; Bizerea, Teofana Otilia; Sporea, Ioan

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Focal Liver Lesions – a Multicenter Trial in Romania

Sandulescu, Larisa; Badea, Radu; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Socaciu, Mihai; Saftoiu, Adrian

Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2B for the Management of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis Delta

Gheorghe, Liana; Iacab, Speranta; Simionov, Iulia I.; Vadan, Roxawa; Constantinescu, Ileana; Sporea, Ioan; Grigotescu, Mircea D.

Are There Different Values of Liver Stiffness Evaluated by Means of Transient Elastography in Patients With HBV or HCV Chronic Hepatitis ?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Nicolita, Diana; Bota, Simona; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Clinical Practice – A Bicentric Experience

Sporea, Ioan; Badea, Radu; Popescu, Alina; Martie, Alina E.; Socaciu, Mihai; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Sendroiu, Madalina; Boia, Simona

Clinical penetrance of C282Y homozygous HFE hemochromatosis in a western Romanian population

Neghina, Adriana M.; Anghel, Andrei; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu,

Alina Toward the introduction of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound as first line diagnosis in Focal Liver Lesions Sporea, Ioan Continuous Medical Education in Ultrasonography

Sporea, Ioan

Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Danila, Mirela; Sirli, Roxana; Tudora, Adriana; Popescu, Alina; Sporea, Ioan; Guta, Adina

Risk Factors for Rebleeding and Mortality in Variceal Hemorrhage

Ratiu, Iulia; Goldis, Adrian; Lazar, Daniela E.; Sporea, Ioan

Mean or Median Values of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography: Which One to use in Clinical Practice?

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Bota, Simona I.; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

How Good is Our Patients’ Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy?

Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Asai, Ramona; Sirli, Roxana; Danila, Mirela; Vulpie, Silvana; Bota, Simona I.

How Relevant is Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) for the Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Bota, Simona I.

Clinical and Morphological Elements Influencing Health Related Quality of Life (Assessed by Sf-36 Health Survey Questionnaire) in Patients With Chonic Pancreatitis

Tudora, Adriana; Danila, Mirela; Ciof, Octavian Paul; Sporea, Ioan

Percutaneous Ethanol Injection (PEIT) for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Danila, Mirela; Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina

Failure of Liver Stiffness Measurement Using Transient Elastography (FibroScan (R)) – Predictor Factors

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Deleanu, Alexandra E.; Tudora, Adriana; Bota, Simona I.; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela

Does the Quality of Liver Sample Influence the Predictive Value for Fibrosis of Liver Stiffness (FibroScan (R)), in Chronic C Hepatitis?

Sporea, Ioan; Sirli, Roxana; Deleanu, Alexandra E.; Tudora, Adriana; Cornianu, Marioara; Bota, Simona I.

Relationship between the expression of cyclooxigenase-2, VEGF, tumor angiogenesis and prognosis of the patients with gastric cancer

Lazar, Daniela; Taban, Sorina; Sporea, Ioan; Cornianu, Marioara; Goldis, Adrian; Lazar, Elena

Immunohistochemical expression of E-cadherin in gastric cancer: correlation with clinico-pathological factors and survival

Lazar, Elena; Lazar, Daniela; Taban, Sorina; Dema, Alis; Cornianu, Marioara; Sporea, Ioan; Ratiu, Iulia

Tumor angiogenesis in gastric carcinoma: Correlation with clinico-pathological factors and survival of the patients

Taban, Sorina; Lazar, Daniela; Lazar, Elena; Dema, Alis; Cornianu, Marioara; Sporea, Ioan; Goldis, Adrian

Study of steatosis in chronic hepatitis C and relationship with fibrosis and stellate cell activation

Cornianu, Marioara; Dema, Alis; Taban, Sorina; Costi, Simona; Sirli, Roxana; Lazar, Daniela; Lazar, Elena; Sporea, Ioan

Comparative study concerning the severity of hepatic lesions at the moment of diagnosis in patients with chronic B viral hepatitis vs. patients with chronic C viral hepatitis

Sirli, Roxana; Sporea, Ioan; Popescu, Alina; Danila, Mirela; Cornianu, Marioara