Özalper V, Ozturker C, Sonmez G

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Dear Editor,

We have read the article entitled Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse and fibrotest in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant by Bignulin, et al. with interest. They deduced that acoustic elastic radiation force impulse (ARFI) and Fibrotest were handy tools to stage the severity of fibrosis in patients with liver transplant. We would like to thank the authors for their priceless contribution. However, we would like to report few concerns regarding this study from a methodological point of view.

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