title: Reply: To PMID 23022955.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takuma
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*