Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 21st, 2006
"Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the evaluation of fibrosis despite its risks and limitations, especially in haemophilia patients. Recently, non-invasive biomarkers have been used to assess histological features. The most thoroughly evaluated biomarker is the FibroTest (FT) (AUROC 0.80 for fibrosis stages F2F3F4 vs. F0F1)."
Y. Maor and colleagues, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, wrote that the study was done, "to estimate liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with HCV using non-invasive biomarkers...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-08-21)
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