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Data on cirrhosis reported by researchers at University College, Department of Internal Medicine

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 23rd, 2010

Researchers detail in 'External validation of P2/MS and comparison with other simple non-invasive indices for predicting liver fibrosis in HBV-infected patients,' new data in cirrhosis. "To optimize management strategies and predict the long-term clinical course in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), non-invasive tests to determine the degree of hepatic fibrosis have been developed. We aimed to conduct a large-scale external validation of a simple, non-invasive test called P2/MS using CHB patients and to compare it to other non-invasive tests for the prediction of histological cirrhosis," researchers in Seoul, Korea report.

"From 2006 to 2009, we enrolled a total...

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