Relationship between hepatic CTGF expression and routine blood tests at the time of liver transplantation for biliary atresia: hope or hype for a biomarker of hepatic fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Progressive hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a prominent feature of biliary atresia (BA), the most common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in children. Despite its importance in BA, HF is not evaluated in routine patient care because the invasiveness of liver biopsy makes histologic mon...

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Autores principales: Haafiz, Allah, Farrington, Christian, Andres, Joel, Islam, Saleem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694872
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S17145

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694872
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S17145

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