Use of aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio to reduce the need for FibroScan in the evaluation of liver fibrosis

AIM: To evaluate the performance of aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio (APRI) score against FibroScan in predicting the presence of fibrosis. METHODS: Data of patients who concurrently had APRI score, FibroScan and liver biopsy to assess their hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus...

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Autores principales: Wong, Stephanie, Huynh, Dep, Zhang, Frank, Nguyen, Nam Q
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
Materias:
Retrospective Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5474725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28660013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i17.791

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5474725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28660013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i17.791

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