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Aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index (APRI) but not FIB-5 or FIB-4 is accurate in ruling out significant fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in an urban slum-dwelling population

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is challenging, especially in resource-limited settings. MR or transient elastography and many patented serum scores are costly and not widely available. There are limited data on accu...

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Autores principales: Kolhe, Kailash Marotrao, Amarapurkar, Anjali, Parikh, Pathik, Chaubal, Alisha, Chauhan, Shamsher, Khairnar, Harshad, Walke, Swapnil, Ingle, Meghraj, Pandey, Vikas, Shukla, Akash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6577364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2019-000288