Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
Research from Ajou University Provides New Data on Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 18th, 2011
2011 APR 18 -- "The majority of non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis have been developed in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We aimed to develop a formula for predicting significant fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and to compare the usefulness of published models derived from the data obtained from patients with chronic hepatitis C. Serum markers and the METAVIR stage of fibrosis in liver biopsy specimens were compared prospectively in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C (estimation set, 367; validation set, 159). In the estimation set, multiple forward stepwise logistic regression analysis identified gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, haptoglobin, alpha...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2011-04-18)
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