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Serum YKL-40 as a biomarker for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT

PURPOSE: YKL-40 is a chitinase-like protein expressed in multiple tissues including liver and is reported as a fibrosis marker. This study aimed to determine whether YKL-40 could serve as a diagnostic marker for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly...

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Autores principales: Yan, Linlin, Deng, Yongqiong, Zhou, Jiyuan, Zhao, Hong, Wang, Guiqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29600444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1136-2