Comparison of liver stiffness, fibrotest and liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in kidney-transplant patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation

Alric L, Kamar N, Bonnet D, Danjoux M, Abravanel F, Lauwers-Cances V, Rostaing L

2009 Transpl. Int. Volume 22 Issue 5

PubMed 19196449 DOI 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00834.x

To assess the accuracy of the noninvasive tools, fibrotest (FT) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) for assessing liver fibrosis in kidney-transplant patients with chronic hepatitis virus B (HBV) or C (HCV) infection. Thirty-eight consecutive kidney-transplant patients with HCV (n = 26) or HBV (n = 12) underwent liver biopsies followed by a FT and LSM. Liver biopsies gave the following fibrosis-grade distribution using METAVIR scores: F0/F1, n = 10 (26.9%); F2, n = 14 (36.8%), F3, n = 7 (18.42%); F4, n = 7 (18.4%). The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve for mild fibrosis stage

Citation Reference:
Alric L, Kamar N, Bonnet D, Danjoux M, Abravanel F, Lauwers-Cances V, Rostaing L. Comparison of liver stiffness, fibrotest and liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in kidney-transplant patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Transpl. Int. 2009;22:5.