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Novel serum biomarkers modified by the body mass index z-score for the detection of liver fibrosis and steatosis in children with chronic hepatitis C

BACKGROUND: There is a need for validation of noninvasive alternatives to liver biopsy for the evaluation of fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of serum biomarkers modified by the body mass index z-score (BMI z-score)...

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Autores principales: Pokorska-Śpiewak, Maria, Kowalik-Mikołajewska, Barbara, Aniszewska, Małgorzata, Pluta, Magdalena, Marczyńska, Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2462-1