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Transient elastography and APRI score: looking at false positives and false negatives. Diagnostic performance and association to fibrosis staging in chronic hepatitis C

Although long regarded as the gold standard for liver fibrosis staging in chronic hepatitis C (CHC), liver biopsy (LB) implies both the risk of an invasive procedure and significant variability. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance for transient elastography (TE) and aspa...

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Autores principales: Mendes, L.C., Ferreira, P.A., Miotto, N., Zanaga, L., Gonçales, E., Lazarini, M.S., Gonçales, F.L., Stucchi, R.S.B., Vigani, A.G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X20165432