Concordance in a World without a Gold Standard: A New Non-Invasive Methodology for Improving Accuracy of Fibrosis Markers

BACKGROUND: Assessing liver fibrosis is traditionally performed by biopsy, an imperfect gold standard. Non-invasive techniques, liver stiffness measurements (LSM) and biomarkers [FibroTest® (FT)], are widely used in countries where they are available. The aim was to identify factors associated with...

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Autores principales: Poynard, Thierry, Ingiliz, Patrick, Elkrief, Laure, Munteanu, Mona, Lebray, Pascal, Morra, Rachel, Messous, Djamila, Bismut, Francoise Imbert, Roulot, Dominique, Benhamou, Yves, Thabut, Dominique, Ratziu, Vlad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19052646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003857

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