Zeng, Jie
Zheng, Jian
Jin, Jie-Yang
Mao, Yong-Jiang
Guo, Huan-Yi
Lu, Ming-De
Zheng, Hai-Rong
Zheng, Rong-Qin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7129-8436
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81601503, 81471672)
Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (JCY J20170307161018414)
Article History
Received: 25 February 2018
Revised: 9 June 2018
Accepted: 19 June 2018
First Online: 23 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Rong-Qin Zheng.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Cai-Xia Zhang, PhD (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University) kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in two articles entitled "Comparison of 2-D shear wave elastography and transient elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B" and “Diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for the non-invasive staging of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: a cohort study with internal validation”.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution