Scientific publications for BioPredictive non-invasive diagnostics
Peer-reviewed studies validating BioPredictive blood-test diagnostics for liver disease — from first-in-class development cohorts to long-term meta-analyses.
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“Blood fibrosis test”
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Improved diagnostic accuracy of blood tests for severe fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C. Review
### Objective Blood tests are usually designed to identify significant fibrosis. We evaluated…
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Comparison of test performance profile for blood tests of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…the test performance profile (TPP) of blood tests of liver fibrosis. ### Methods…
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Comparison of liver fibrosis blood tests developed for HCV with new specific tests in HIV/HCV co-infection.
…Two new fibrosis tests, FibroMeter HICV and HICV test, were constructed in…
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Evaluating the accuracy and increasing the reliable diagnosis rate of blood tests for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…of blood tests for significant liver fibrosis. ### Methods Five blood tests were…
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Optimization and robustness of blood tests for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
### Objectives To optimize the performance and feasibility of fibrosis blood tests and…
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A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis.
The objective was to develop new blood tests to characterize different fibrosis…
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Comparison of accuracy of fibrosis degree classifications by liver biopsy and non-invasive tests in chronic hepatitis C.
…in detailed fibrosis classification of the best-performing blood test outperforms liver…
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The combination of a blood test and Fibroscan improves the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis.
…Five blood fibrosis tests were evaluated: APRI, FIB-4, Hepascore, Fibrotest and…
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Combination of blood tests for significant fibrosis and cirrhosis improves the assessment of liver-prognosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…six blood fibrosis tests and liver biopsy, and evaluate if test combination…
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Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests.
…diagnosis); significant fibrosis; and greater than or equal to 95% PPV: cirrhosis…
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Reproducibility of blood tests of liver fibrosis in clinical practice.
…laboratory reproducibility of blood test for liver fibrosis: FibroMeter, Fibrotest, APRI and…
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Contribution of the ELFG test in algorithms of non-invasive markers towards the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…For the first test we used 90% negative predictive value to exclude…
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Prospective evaluation of FibroTest®, FibroMeter®, and HepaScore® for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: comparison with hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Fibrosis blood tests have been validated in chronic hepatitis C…
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review.
…fibrosis or cirrhosis. ### Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of blood tests…
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FibroStic: a large confirmatory study for non-invasive biomarkers accuracy, if correctly interpreted.
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Comparison of nine blood tests and transient elastography for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: the ANRS HCEP-23 study.
…nine blood tests and transient elastography (Fibroscan™) to assess liver fibrosis, vs…
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Discordance between biochemical markers of liver activity and fibrosis (Actitest-Fibrotest) and liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. ### Methods Routine blood tests…
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Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications.
…elasto-blood test FibroMeter^VCTE^. The study endpoint was advanced fibrosis on…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest, SteatoTest and ActiTest in patients with NAFLD using the SAF score as histological reference. Key publication
…three blood tests used in NAFLD patients, FibroTest for fibrosis staging, SteatoTest…
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Two or more synchronous combination of noninvasive tests to increase accuracy of liver fibrosis assessement in chronic hepatitis C; results from a cohort of 446 patients.
### Background The prediction of fibrosis is an essential part of the assessment…
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Intra-laboratory analytical variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (Fibrotest) and activity (Actitest) and reference ranges in healthy blood donors.
…The stability of the samples for each test was studied after storage…
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Combination of fibrosis tests: sequential or synchronous?
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Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy.
…and six blood tests were compared to histopathological fibrosis stage (METAVIR). Participants…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Coopscore© to predict liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B virus co-infection.
…Recently, a score-based biochemical blood test (Coopscore^©^) was developed in a…
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Non-invasive diagnostic assessment tools for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected alcohol-related liver disease: a systematic review and economic evaluation.
…for liver fibrosis [the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF™) test (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic…
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Non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Clinical prediction rules and blood-based biomarkers. Review
…However, diagnostic accuracy can be improved by combining blood biomarkers. NAFLD fibrosis…
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Diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: are they ready to avoid liver biopsy?
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The diagnostic performance of a simplified blood test (SteatoTest-2) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Key publication
…The performance of the SteatoTest-2 was compared with the reference test…
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The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as measured using non-invasive tests.
…Data collected included anthropometrics, biochemistry, adiponectin, SteatoTest™, NashTest™, FibroTest™, OWLiver® test and…
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A new combination of blood test and fibroscan for accurate non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis stages in chronic hepatitis C.
…Blood fibrosis tests and Fibroscan are now widely used for the non…
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Improving estimation of liver fibrosis using combination and newer noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in hepatitis C-infected haemophilia patients.
Non-invasive biomarkers have gained popularity for estimating fibrosis stage. In our…
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Variability in definitions of transaminase upper limit of the normal impacts the APRI performance as a biomarker of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: "APRI c'est fini ?".
…validated, non-patented blood test for diagnosing fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients…
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Molecular characteristics of Hepatitis B and chronic liver disease in a cohort of HB carriers from Bamako, Mali.
…About 1/3 of carriers have moderate to severe liver fibrosis and…
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American Association for the Study of the Liver
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Including osteoprotegerin and collagen IV in a score-based blood test for liver fibrosis increases diagnostic accuracy.
### Background Noninvasive methods for liver fibrosis evaluation in chronic liver diseases have…
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Discovery of novel biomarker candidates for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: a preliminary study.
…These five novel fibrosis markers which are secreted in blood showed a…
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Comparison of eight diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: new algorithms are more precise and entirely noninvasive.
…The most accurate synchronous combination of FibroScan with a blood test (FibroMeter…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis. Key publication Review
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External validation of LCR1-LCR2, a multivariable HCC risk calculator, in patients with chronic HCV. Key publication
…We constructed and internally validated a new multianalyte blood test to assess…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of chronic infection with Hepatitis C Virus.
…diagnostic procedures to evaluate liver fibrosis and improvements in therapy with pangenotypic…
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Knowledge and practice regarding the German and the EASL-EASD-EASO NAFLD-guidelines among members of the German Obesity Society.
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Transient elastography alone and in combination with FibroTest® for the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease.
### Background & Aims The reliability of transient elastography (TE) to assess liver fibrosis…
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Prospective noninvasive analysis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease: correlation of transient elastography and laboratory-based markers.
…The t-test and the Mann-Whitney U-test were applied and…
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Systematic review with meta-analysis: direct comparisons of biomarkers for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C and B. Meta Analysis
### Background Blood tests and transient elastography (TE), proposed as alternatives to biopsy…
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LCR1 and LCR2, two multi-analyte blood tests to assess liver cancer risk in patients without or with cirrhosis. Key publication
### Background No blood test has been shown to be effective in the…
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Liver fibrosis: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL). Key publication
Liver fibrosis is a common pathway leading to cirrhosis, which is the…
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Fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Review
…The detection and quantification of liver fibrosis is a key factor for…
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Assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriasis patients: a prospective evaluation of four serum fibrosis markers.
…The fibrosis markers hyaluronic acid and Hepascore (the multiple test algorithm which…
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Liver fibrosis in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients: relation to hepatitis C virus and compliance with chelation.
…and Fibro-Test were reliable methods to assess liver fibrosis in young…
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Optimized stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive liver fibrosis scores including Hepascore in hepatitis C virus patients.
### Background Non-invasive liver fibrosis scores such as Hepascore (HS) have been…
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Performance of liver biomarkers, in patients at risk of nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis, according to presence of type-2 diabetes. Key publication
### Objective There is a controversy about the performance of blood tests for…
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Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
…Paired biopsies were scored 0 to 6 (modified Ishak score), significant fibrosis…
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Diagnostic accuracy and prognostic significance of blood fibrosis tests and liver stiffness measurement by FibroScan in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
…We aimed to compare blood fibrosis tests and liver stiffness measurement (LSM…
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Prospective direct comparison of non-invasive liver tests in outpatients with type 2 diabetes using intention-to-diagnose analysis. Key publication
…stiffness (TD-SWE), and Fibrosis-4 blood test. NashTest-T2D was compared…
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Prospective external validation of a new non-invasive test for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes. Key publication
…blood tests, for each of the three main histological features, fibrosis, non…
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FibroTest-FibroSURE: towards a universal biomarker of liver fibrosis?
…These include FibroTest (BioPredictive) for the quantitative assessment of fibrosis, and ActiTest…
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Screening for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease-Related Advanced Fibrosis in Diabetology: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
…0.85); Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test, 0.82 (0.76-0…
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Input of serum haptoglobin fucosylation profile in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-cirrhotic liver disease. Key publication
…LCR-glycan algorithm was constructed combining components of the LCR-1 test…
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A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation. Review
…initial to end stage (mild fibrosis to cirrhosis). Although, liver biopsy is…
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Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis. Review
…The lack of accurate, reproducible and easily applied methods for fibrosis assessment…
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Retracted: Executive functions in chronic hepatitis C virus infected elderly patients.
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
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Noninvasive, Blood-Based Biomarkers as Screening Tools for Hepatic Fibrosis in People With Type 2 Diabetes.
…noninvasive, blood-based biomarkers for liver fibrosis (FibroTest, NAFLD fibrosis score, BARD…
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Reproducibility of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers, FibroMeter and FibroTest, could be improved by respecting the analytical standardizations.
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Hepatitis C virus viremia and low platelet count: a study in a hepatitis B & C endemic area in Taiwan.
…Serum HCV RNA and non-invasive markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) were tested…
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Applicability and precautions of use of liver injury biomarker FibroTest. A reappraisal at 7 years of age.
### Background FibroTest (FT) is a validated biomarker of fibrosis. To assess the…
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Comparison of FibroTest-ActiTest with histopathology in demonstrating fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B and C.
…Levels of fibrosis in FibroTest and levels of activity in ActiTest, both…
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Study of FibroTest and hyaluronic acid biological variation in healthy volunteers and comparison of serum hyaluronic acid biological variation between chronic liver diseases of different etiology and fibrotic stage using confidence intervals.
### Objectives Personalized ranges of liver fibrosis serum biomarkers such as FibroTest or…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C patients retreated for 96 weeks with antiviral therapy: a randomized study.
…Blood tests could be useful to assess liver fibrosis changes in clinical…
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Comparison of three algorithms of non-invasive markers of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…Sequential Algorithm for Fibrosis Evaluation (SAFE biopsy); Fibropaca algorithm; Leroy algorithm. ### Aim…
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Diagnostic performance of a new noninvasive test for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using a simplified histological reference. Key publication
…The new test was compared with standard tests, and applied in two…
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Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…prospectively studied blood donors. For the diagnosis of significant fibrosis by the…
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FibroMAX: towards a new universal biomarker of liver disease? Review
…FibroTest (BioPredictive) for the quantitative assessment of fibrosis; SteatoTest (BioPredictive) for the…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers.
### Background Liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals is mostly…
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Liver stiffness measurement and biochemical markers in Senegalese chronic hepatitis B patients with normal ALT and high viral load.
…recommended by the test promoters suggested a fibrosis in 18% of cases…
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Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer-based total serum protein glycomics.
We applied our 'clinical glycomics' technology, based on DNA sequencer/fragment analyzers…
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A Single Test Combining Blood Markers and Elastography is More Accurate Than Other Fibrosis Tests in the Main Causes of Chronic Liver Diseases.
…blood test and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) to stage liver fibrosis in…
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Guidelines for the Screening, Care and Treatment of Persons with Hepatitis C Infection Key publication
These are the first guidelines dealing with hepatitis C treatment produced by…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis. Review
…Liver biopsy is the reference standard for assessment of liver fibrosis. However…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.
…The areas under the ROC curves for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis…
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Real-Time Shear Wave versus Transient Elastography for Predicting Fibrosis: Applicability, and Impact of Inflammation and Steatosis. A Non-Invasive Comparison.
…with non-advanced fibrosis, as presumed by blood tests. ### Trial Registration ClinicalTrials…
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Higher serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males.
…There were 105 cases with advanced fibrosis and 203 mild fibrosis controls…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nocturnal hypoxia, and endothelial function in patients with sleep apnea.
…including nonobese subjects. ### Methods Noninvasive blood tests (SteatoTest, NashTest, and FibroTest) were…
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Validation of AshTest as a Non-Invasive Alternative to Transjugular Liver Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
…The blood test AshTest (BioPredictive, Paris, France) has been initially validated for…
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Long-term prognostic value of the FibroTest in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, compared to chronic hepatitis C, B, and alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
…to determine the stage of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease…
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FibroTest/Fibrosure for significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis. Meta Analysis
…fibrosis and cirrhosis. It is necessary to further improve the test or…
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Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis.
…The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test consists of an algorithm of three…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
…nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis. Patients underwent an objective assessment of…
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Performance of 11 biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment in HIV/HBV co-infected patients.
…Thresholds defined for each stage of fibrosis were close to those previously…
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Transient Elastography for Assessment of Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis: An Evidence-Based Analysis. Review
### Background Liver fibrosis is a sign of advanced liver disease and is…
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Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse and fibrotest in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant.
…blood chemistry tests measurements needed to calculate several non-invasive liver fibrosis…
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External Validation of LCR1-LCR2, a Multivariable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Calculator, in a Multiethnic Cohort of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B. Key publication
…cancer risk test (LCR1-LCR2) is a multianalyte blood test combining proteins…
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Prospective validation of ELF test in comparison with Fibroscan and FibroTest to predict liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
…However, to date, diagnostic performances of Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test, which…
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Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease in a group of Mexican children. A multicenter study.
### Introduction Identifying liver fibrosis is important to evaluate the severity of liver…
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Comparison of non-invasive assessment to diagnose liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B and C patients.
### Objective Chronic viral hepatitis B and C cause liver fibrosis, leading to…
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Accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Test vs FibroTest, Elastography, and Indirect Markers in Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease. Key publication
…We compared the accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test (ELF), the…
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Assessment of allograft fibrosis by transient elastography and noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in liver transplant patients.
…more complex scores in determining fibrosis stage in 157 patients transplanted for…
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Comparative assessment of liver fibrosis by computerized morphometry in naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B and C.
### Background Liver fibrosis, now assessed by liver biopsy or using non-invasive…
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The risk of multiplying diagnostic combinations in the absence of a perfect gold standard for a fibrosis test.
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Fibrotest or Fibroscan for evaluation of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with hepatitis C.
Non-invasive modalities to estimate fibrosis stage are desirable in hepatitis C…
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Altered serum N-glycomics in chronic hepatitis B patients.
…non-invasive blood test for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis. The changes…
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Impact of effective versus sham continuous positive airway pressure on liver injury in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from randomized trials.
…effective CPAP on the FibroMax test (comprising components including the SteatoTest, NashTest…
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Analytical variability of the Fibrotest proteins.
…raises the issue of the test's reliability for routine use. Whereas…
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Successful treatment with telaprevir-based regimens for chronic hepatitis C results in significant improvements to serum markers of liver fibrosis.
…All four of these tests differentiated the fibrosis stage as determined by…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis and steatosis biomarkers in type-2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia.
…The cardiovascular Framingham-risk score was calculated; advanced fibrosis and severe steatosis…
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An Invisible Early Steatosis Phenotype Defined for a Large Population-Based Cohort.
…discriminated by triglycerides, BMI, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c…
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Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…for significant liver fibrosis (METAVIR ≥F2), advanced liver fibrosis (≥F3) and cirrhosis…
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Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease.
…The same day, blood samples for Fibrotest were performed. ### Results A total…
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Real-time tissue elastography versus FibroScan for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease.
### Purpose Transient elastography (FibroScan, [TE]) and serum fibrosis markers such as the…
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Cost effectiveness of fibrosis assessment prior to treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients.
…Liver biopsy is the gold standard for assessing liver fibrosis and is…
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Noninvasive markers of fibrosis and inflammation in clinical practice: prospective comparison with liver biopsy. Key publication
### Background The efficiency of transient elastography for the assessment of liver fibrosis…
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis.
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Comparative diagnostic study of biomarkers using FibroMax™ and pathology for prediction of liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: an Egyptian study.
### Background Steatosis is common in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection…
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Biochemical and biophysical assessment of MTX-induced liver fibrosis in psoriasis patients: Fibrotest predicts the presence and Fibroscan predicts the absence of significant liver fibrosis.
### Background Methotrexate (MTX) use is associated with hepatic fibrosis in psoriasis patients…
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Non-invasive measurement of liver and pancreas fibrosis in patients with cystic fibrosis.
…fibrosis in patients with CF using TE, ARFI-imaging and fibrosis blood…
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) biomarkers and progression of lower limb arterial calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study. Key publication
…between a non-invasive liver fibrosis test and the progression of lower…
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Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients with hepatitis C: can you avoid liver biopsy?
Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the evaluation of fibrosis despite…
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Serum bile acid levels as a predictor for the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…The SBA levels were significantly higher in patients with severe fibrosis as…
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Noninvasive Indirect Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholics.
…The fibrosis stage was evaluated on the basis of FibroTest. The values…
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Performances of Elasto-FibroTest(®), a combination between FibroTest(®) and liver stiffness measurements for assessing the stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…the non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C…
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Assessment of asymptomatic liver fibrosis in alcoholic patients using fibroscan: prospective comparison with seven non-invasive laboratory tests.
### Background Systematic screening for liver fibrosis in heavy-drinking patients is a…
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Coffee and Caffeine Are Associated With Decreased Risk of Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Among Patients With Hepatitis C.
…level of hepatic fibrosis, based on the FibroSURE test (BioPredictive, Paris, France…
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Comparison of non-invasive fibrosis markers and classical liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C.
…Our study suggests that serum biomarkers may help to diagnose significant fibrosis…
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Use of Non-invasive Testing to Stage Liver Fibrosis in Patients with HIV. Review
Patients with HIV have a proclivity to develop liver fibrosis, especially when…
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An evaluation of the potential cost-effectiveness of non-invasive testing strategies in the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis.
…the Fibrosure test, a non-invasive measure of fibrosis, followed by liver…
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Study on noninvasive laboratory tests for fibrosis in chronic HBV infection and their evaluation.
…The five indices together were able to exclude fibrosis with a negative…
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Impact of steatosis and inflammation definitions on the performance of NASH tests.
…The simplified definition increased the κ concordance (P<0.0001) between test…
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Fibrotest-Actitest: the biochemical marker of liver fibrosis--the Israeli experience.
…quantification of liver fibrosis and inflammation. This test has been validated by…
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (FibroTest-FibroSURE) for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
…2) and 954 blood donors as controls. Fibrosis was assessed on a…
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Hepatitis C guidance: AASLD-IDSA recommendations for testing, managing, and treating adults infected with hepatitis C virus. Key publication
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Prevalence of steatosis and insulin resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B compared with chronic hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
…The prevalence of fibrosis≥F2 was 10% (CHB), 42% (CHC) and 21…
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Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis.
…The most powerful test in predicting fibrosis was ARFI elastography. The diagnostic…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Between prediction/prevention of outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Review
…4 test could be utilised for the evaluation of liver fibrosis rather…
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Evolution of biomarkers of liver fibrosis and liver insufficiency in hepatitis C virus-infected patients treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin and rituximab.
…Twenty-eight untreated HCV-related vasculitis patients with severe liver fibrosis (Metavir…
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Transient elastography and other noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis in patients with viral hepatitis. Review
…The combination of both approaches as first-line assessment of liver fibrosis…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using FibroScan(®) and FibroTest in patients with diabetes.
…Severe fibrosis was predicted when FibroTest was >0.59 or liver stiffness…
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PNPLA3 polymorphism influences liver fibrosis in unselected patients with type 2 diabetes.
…The prevalence of steatosis and fibrosis was higher in minor G allele…
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Is it possible to predict HCV-related liver cirrhosis non-invasively through routine laboratory parameters? Review
…fibroscan), on a panel of blood tests and a proprietary algorithm (fibrotest…
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Impact of quality control accepted inter-laboratory variations on calculated Fibrotest/Actitest scores for the non-invasive biochemical assessment of liver fibrosis.
…serum-based assessment of liver fibrosis is still an important diagnostic challenge…
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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in 699 Moroccan patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…liver fibrosis and cirrhosis using a non-invasive blood test (FibroTest and…
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Racial differences in the association between adiposity measures and the risk of hepatitis C-related liver disease.
…Race-stratified logistic regression was employed to evaluate risk of high fibrosis…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Review
…Currently, although several non-invasive fibrosis markers have been suggested as alternatives…
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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (SteatoTest) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Key publication
### Background Biopsy is the usual gold standard for liver steatosis assessment. The…
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Biomarkers of liver fibrosis. Review
…FibroTest (FT) was the most studied test with 33 different populations including…
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FibroTest and Fibroscan performances revisited in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Impact of the spectrum effect and the applicability rate.
### Background Two widely used biomarkers of fibrosis, FibroTest and liver stiffness measurement…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis with transient elastography and FibroTest in patients treated with methotrexate for chronic inflammatory diseases: a case-control study.
…Non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis, such as transient…
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Serum apolipoprotein A1 and haptoglobin, in patients with suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) as biomarkers of recovery.
### Background There is a clear need for better biomarkers of drug-induced…
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of fibrosis marker panels in patients with HIV/hepatitis C coinfection. Meta Analysis
…curves (AUC) examined test accuracy for detecting significant fibrosis (F2-4) and…
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Diagnostic value of serum protein profiling by SELDI-TOF ProteinChip compared with a biochemical marker, FibroTest, for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background FibroTest has been validated for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in…
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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV--Review. Review
…on measurements of the relevant blood parameters (e.g. FibroTest, Fibrometer, APRI…
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The non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis. Review
…Liver fibrosis, as the last stage of numerous chronic liver diseases, is…
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Validation of the Performance of A1HPV6, a Triage Blood Test for the Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
### Background And Aims Apolipoprotein A1 (A1) and haptoglobin (HP) serum levels are…
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ActiTest accuracy for the assessment of histological activity grades in patients with chronic hepatitis C, an overview using Obuchowski measure. Meta Analysis
### Background ActiTest (AT) is a biomarker of liver necro-inflammatory histological activity…
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Hepatitis B: are non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis reliable? Review
…a 'biological' approach, based on the quantification of biomarkers of fibrosis in…
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Independent prospective multicenter validation of biochemical markers (fibrotest-actitest) for the prediction of liver fibrosis and activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C: the fibropaca study. Key publication
### Objectives Fibrotest (FT) and Actitest (AT) are biochemical markers of fibrosis and…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of large oesophageal varices with FibroTest in patients with cirrhosis: a preliminary retrospective study.
…As portal hypertension is related to liver fibrosis, this study aimed to…
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Correlation between liver biopsy and fibrotest in the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…The histological fibrosis results were: 3.1% F0; 24.6% F1; 32…
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FibroTest has better diagnostic and prognostic values than the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Assessment of liver fibrosis in transplant recipients with recurrent HCV infection: usefulness of transient elastography.
…Differences between fibrosis stages were calculated by non-parametric analysis. The best…
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Spleen stiffness measurement by transient elastography to diagnose portal hypertension in children.
…The aim of the study was to test the feasibility of spleen…
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Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus.
…Liver fibrosis was measured with shear wave elastography and FibroTest. The risk…
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Validation and comparison of indexes for fibrosis and cirrhosis prediction in chronic hepatitis C patients: proposal for a pragmatic approach classification without liver biopsies.
Noninvasive indexes have been developed to predict fibrosis staging. The aim of…
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FibroSURE as a noninvasive marker of liver fibrosis and inflammation in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background Noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis have not been extensively studied in…
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Performance of biomarkers FibroTest, ActiTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest in patients with severe obesity: meta analysis of individual patient data. Meta Analysis
…FibroTest for advanced fibrosis (95%CI; significance) = 0.85 (0.83-0…
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Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive techniques for liver fibrosis assessment in patients infected with HCV-genotype 4 in Egypt.
…gold standard to assess liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and…
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Liver stiffness measurement in children using FibroScan: feasibility study and comparison with Fibrotest, aspartate transaminase to platelets ratio index, and liver biopsy.
…By histology, the METAVIR fibrosis category score was F1 in 7 cases…
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Longitudinal assessment of histology surrogate markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) during lamivudine therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
…At baseline, bridging fibrosis (METAVIR stages F2-F3-F4) was highly associated…
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Performance of serum apolipoprotein-A1 as a sentinel of Covid-19. Key publication
…for a risk of liver fibrosis risk in the USA (212,297…
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Methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis: a 2008 update. Key publication Review
…As waiting for the perfect biomarker for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis…
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Value of two noninvasive methods to detect progression of fibrosis among HCV carriers with normal aminotransferases.
…METAVIR fibrosis scores were analyzed in relationship to demographic, clinical, and viral…
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EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis. Key publication
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Key publication
…F0=no fibrosis and F1=portal fibrosis; and for clinically significant fibrosis…
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Intra-individual fasting versus postprandial variation of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest).
BACKGROUND: Biochemical marker combinations, including alpha2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, gamma-glutamyl…
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The product of triglycerides and glucose as biomarker for screening simple steatosis and NASH in asymptomatic women.
…showed to be the best test for screening. ### Conclusions TyG has high…
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Diagnostic value of combined serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection: A multicenter, noninterventional, observational study.
…Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for assessment of fibrosis but…
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Markers of Steatosis, NASH, and Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Monoinfected Individuals at Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Results From the ECHAM Study.
…Noninvasive tests of steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and fibrosis have been poorly…
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Performance of Plasma Biomarkers and Diagnostic Panels for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
…ALT, cytokeratin-18, NashTest 2, HAIR, BARD, and OWLiver; advanced fibrosis: AST…
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Development and validation of a nomogram based on clinical factors and standard laboratory tests for prediction of clinically significant liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
### Objectives Staging liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis C (HCV) patients is…
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Effects of patient factors on noninvasive liver stiffness measurement using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…LSM. ### Results To classify METAVIR fibrosis (F) stages, the areas under ROC…
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Noninvasive procedures to evaluate liver involvement in HIV-1 vertically infected children.
…at least 1 of the test results: 13 (50%) had elevated liver…
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Liver biopsy: the best standard...when everything else fails.
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The Diagnostic Value of FibroTest and Hepascore as Non-Invasive Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC).
…The Hepascore test reached an excellent diagnostic power in identifying both fibrosis…
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Awareness of the severity of liver disease re-examined using software-combined biomarkers of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity.
…Awareness was defined as the test prescription rate and was compared between…
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Liver fibrosis: noninvasive assessment with acoustic radiation force impulse elastography--comparison with FibroScan M and XL probes and FibroTest in patients with chronic liver disease.
…Histologic staging of liver fibrosis served as the reference standard. ### Results Liver…
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Noninvasive biomarkers FibroTest and ActiTest versus liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C patients: the Middle East experience.
…LB was evaluated by Metavir score for fibrosis and inflammation. Voluntary blood…
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Prospective analysis of discordant results between biochemical markers and biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Key publication
…False positives of fibrosis staging (3.5%) were associated with fragmented biopsies…
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Accuracy of prognostic serological biomarkers in predicting liver fibrosis severity in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a meta-analysis of over 40,000 participants.
…advanced fibrosis (AF): 0.78, any fibrosis (AnF): 0.76, significant fibrosis…
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Effective use of FibroTest to generate decision trees in hepatitis C.
…fibrosis scores in clinical studies and improve our understanding of fibrosis progression.
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Interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 in chronic hepatitis C: Correlations with insulin resistance, histological features & sustained virological response.
…Higher values of IP-10 were associated with increasing stages of fibrosis…
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A prospective analysis of the prognostic value of biomarkers (FibroTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Key publication
### Background FibroTest, a noninvasive method of measuring biomarkers of liver fibrosis, is…
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HCV-GenoFibrotest: a combination of viral, liver and genomic (IL28b, ITPA, UGT1A1) biomarkers for predicting treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…The hypothesis was that fibrosis stage estimated with FibroTest instead of biopsy…
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Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis. Review
…investigate the development of hepatic fibrosis through the measurement of increased intrahepatic…
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Proficiency of transient elastography compared to liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients.
Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive technique to evaluate liver fibrosis. We…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest-ActiTest, transient elastography, and the fibrosis-4 index in patients with autoimmune hepatitis using histological reference. Key publication
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The risks of changing the rules for previously validated biomarkers and using the same patients several times. Response letter to Calès et al. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2008;32:1050-60: "Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests".
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Standardization of ROC curve areas for diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers based on prevalences of fibrosis stages. Key publication
…one approach assumed a uniform prevalence distribution of each fibrosis stage; the…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis.
…There are two clinically relevant endpoints for the staging of liver fibrosis…
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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
### Background/Aims The aim was to identify a panel of biomarkers (AshTest…
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Comparison of fatty liver index with noninvasive methods for steatosis detection and quantification.
…All subjects underwent anthropometric measurements and fasting blood tests. Evaluation of liver…
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Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.
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FibroTest and FibroScan for the prediction of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy. Meta Analysis
…examined to characterize test accuracy for significant fibrosis (F2-4) and cirrhosis…
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Comparison of Fibrotest and PGAA for the diagnosis of fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
…The Obuchowski measure was assessed taking into account the distribution of fibrosis…
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Evaluation of FibroTest-ActiTest in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Key publication
FibroTest-ActiTest (FT-AT) has been validated in adults with chronic hepatitis…
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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and risk factors in a general population using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest).
### Background FibroTest and elastography have been validated as biomarkers of liver fibrosis…
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Hepatotoxicity of tocilizumab and anakinra in rheumatoid arthritis: management decisions.
…toxicity - with steatosis and early fibrosis. Inflammatory infiltrates were prominent in the…
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Non-invasive Investigations for the Diagnosis of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease in Pediatric and Adult Fontan Patients.
…We hypothesized that specific tests for fibrosis developed for other chronic liver…
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Prevalence of liver cirrhosis in individuals with hepatitis B virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Meta Analysis
…We found no association between cirrhosis and age, gender, fibrosis test used…
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Diagnostic and prognostic values of noninvasive biomarkers of fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
FibroTest has been validated as a biomarker of fibrosis in patients with…
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Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis. Review
…In recent years, the development of non-invasive tests of fibrosis allows…
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Usefulness of noninvasive tests in nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver.
…assess portal or sinusoidal associated fibrosis. All patients had liver stiffness (using…
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Guidelines for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
These are the first World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the prevention…
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Validation of the FibroTest biochemical markers score in assessing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
…The most useful single test for predicting significant fibrosis was serum alpha…
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Performance of the SteatoTest, ActiTest, NashTest and FibroTest in a multiethnic cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
…All patients underwent routine labs, a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test…
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Letter: APRI and FIB-4 do not correlate with Fibrosure in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
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Biomarkers for liver disease in urea cycle disorders.
…Liver disease in UCDs may be associated with hepatic inflammation, hepatic fibrosis…
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Peta V, Ziol M, Imbert-Bismut F, et al., for the FibroFrance-GHPS-HECAM group
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A prospective assessment of an 'a la carte' regimen of PEG-interferon alpha2b and ribavirin combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C using biochemical markers.
…There was a decrease (P = 0.003) in fibrosis as estimated by…
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Biomarkers as a first-line estimate of injury in chronic liver diseases: time for a moratorium on liver biopsy?
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Screening for liver disease using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest and NashTest) in patients with hyperlipidaemia.
…1909 hyperlipidaemic patients and 925 blood donors (BD). Advanced fibrosis was identified…
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Systematic review: Investigating the prognostic performance of four non-invasive tests in alcohol-related liver disease.
…NITs (Fibrosis 4 test [FIB4], Enhanced Liver Fibrosis [ELF] test, FibroScan, and…
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Liver fibrosis markers in alcoholic liver disease. Review
…The evaluation of the degree of liver fibrosis is of great value…
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Prevalence of clinically significant liver disease within the general population, as defined by non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis: a systematic review.
…Non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis might provide a mechanism for earlier…
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Editorial: FibroTest to predict liver-related mortality in NAFLD. Should this change the diagnostic algorithm in NAFLD?
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Antrodia cinnamomea Mycelium in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
…During each study visit, subjects underwent anthropometric measurements and blood testing for…
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Validation of noninvasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest) for prediction of liver injury in patients with morbid obesity.
…FibroTest for advanced fibrosis: 0.85, 0.83-0.87, P<0…
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Comparison of elastography, serum marker scores, and histology for the assessment of liver fibrosis in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients in Burkina Faso.
Liver fibrosis (LF) must be assessed before talking treatment decisions in hepatitis…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and biomarkers in alcohol-related liver disease. Review
…The commercially available Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test and FibroTest have comparable performance…
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Complex non-invasive fibrosis models are more accurate than simple models in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
### Background And Aim Significant hepatic fibrosis is prognostic of liver morbidity and…
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An accurate definition of the status of inactive hepatitis B virus carrier by a combination of biomarkers (FibroTest-ActiTest) and viral load. Key publication
…The use of FibroTest (FT) and ActiTest (AT), biomarkers of fibrosis and…
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Review article: the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- availability and accuracy of non-invasive methods. Review
…The staging of liver fibrosis still represents the most important prognostic problem…
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Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Hepatitis C: A Review of Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines Review
…for detecting and grading liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C. This…
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Unlabelled Liver biopsy is the gold standard for assessing fibrosis but has…
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Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Myers RP, Di Martino V, Thabut D, Moussalli J, Benhamou Y
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection.
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Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis by transient elastography and biochemical markers in elderly inpatients.
### Aim The objective of this study was to evaluate liver fibrosis using…
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FibroScan and FibroTest to assess liver fibrosis in HCV with normal aminotransferases.
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Clinical Interest of Serum Alpha-2 Macroglobulin, Apolipoprotein A1, and Haptoglobin in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, with and without Type 2 Diabetes, before or during COVID-19. Key publication
…with the risk of liver fibrosis, inflammation (NASH), and COVID-19. We…
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Predicting significant fibrosis in hepatitis C patients in Luxembourg using serological markers.
…Fibrotest and Forns scores were compared with liver fibrosis pathology scored according…
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Impact of adefovir dipivoxil on liver fibrosis and activity assessed with biochemical markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) in patients infected by hepatitis B virus. Key publication
…The analysis of 924 estimates for the diagnosis of bridging fibrosis, cirrhosis…
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EASL clinical practical guidelines: management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Validation of biochemical markers for the prediction of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…fibrosis. APRI correlated well with the biopsy. ### Conclusion The FT-AT test…
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Prospective comparison of two algorithms combining non-invasive methods for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis is a challenging area…
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Concordance in a world without a gold standard: a new non-invasive methodology for improving accuracy of fibrosis markers.
### Background Assessing liver fibrosis is traditionally performed by biopsy, an imperfect gold…
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Clinical applicability of non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (Letter)
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Meta-analyses of FibroTest diagnostic value in chronic liver disease. Key publication Meta Analysis
### Background FibroTest (FT) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis initially validated in…
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Applicability and variability of liver stiffness measurements according to probe position.
…was used to define advanced fibrosis instead of 8.8 kPa (33…
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FibroTest-ActiTest as a non-invasive marker of liver fibrosis. Key publication Meta Analysis
FibroTest (FT) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis initially validated in patients…
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Comparison of transient elastography (FibroScan), FibroTest, APRI and two algorithms combining these non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis staging in HIV/HCV coinfected patients: ANRS CO13 HEPAVIH and FIBROSTIC collaboration.
### Objectives Combining noninvasive tests increases diagnostic accuracy for staging liver fibrosis in…
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FIB-4: an inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV infection. comparison with liver biopsy and fibrotest.
…determine the degree of hepatic fibrosis have been developed. The aims of…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using a noninvasive biomarker in patients with diabetes.
…We examined the efficacy of a screening strategy with a noninvasive fibrosis…
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The predictive value of Fibrotest vs. APRI for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
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First-line assessment of patients with chronic liver disease with non-invasive techniques and without recourse to liver biopsy.
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Noninvasive biomarkers for the screening of fibrosis, steatosis and steatohepatitis in patients with metabolic risk factors: FibroTest-FibroMax experience. Key publication Review
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Optimal correlation between different instruments for Fibrotest-Actitest protein measurement in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…Such discordance is of little clinical consequence for liver fibrosis evaluation in…
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FibroSURE and FibroScan in relation to treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus.
### Aim To compare histological endpoint assessment using noninvasive alternatives to biopsy during…
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Utility of noninvasive methods for the characterization of nonalcoholic liver steatosis in the family practice. The "VARES" Italian multicenter study.
…13.1%) with likely advanced fibrosis and found that over 28% of…
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Early detection in routine clinical practice of cirrhosis and oesophageal varices in chronic hepatitis C: comparison of transient elastography (FibroScan) with standard laboratory tests and non-invasive scores.
### Background/Aims To assess prospectively the accuracy of transient elastography (TE, FibroScan…
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Discordance between liver biopsy and FibroTest in assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…Discordances of at least two fibrosis stages between FT and LB were…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis in PBC with FibroScan, MRI, MR-spectroscopy, and serum markers.
…fibrosis received transient elastography and examinations for serum markers of fibrosis and…
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Noninvasive diagnosis in alcohol-related liver disease.
…to detect liver fibrosis, the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test, FibroTest, and Transient…
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Toward non-invasive assessment strategies in autoimmune hepatitis.
…Assessing liver fibrosis is crucial for managing autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), yet reliance…
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Relative performances of FibroTest, Fibroscan, and biopsy for the assessment of the stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a step toward the truth in the absence of a gold standard.
…and estimates of test performances. For advanced fibrosis, the specificity/sensitivity was…
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Prospective validation of FibroTest in comparison with liver stiffness for predicting liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims Diagnostic values of FibroTest (FT) for hepatic fibrosis have…
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An update on the management of hepatitis C: consensus guidelines from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver. Key publication
Chronic hepatitis C remains a significant medical and economic burden in Canada…
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European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) clinical practice recommendations for the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: evaluation of their application in people with Type 2 diabetes.
…non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score, and SteatoTest and FibroTest scores…
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Predictive value of biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis in adult Fontan patients.
### Background Hepatic fibrosis is highly prevalent in individuals with Fontan circulation. FibroSure…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of steatosis, inflammatory changes and liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Pilot study.
…However, in the male group, the intensity of liver fibrosis was higher…
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The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices. Review
Emerging data indicate that all-oral antiviral treatments for chronic hepatitis C…
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Clinical and genetic definition of serum bilirubin levels for the diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome and hypobilirubinemia.
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Non-invasive evaluation of the liver disease severity in children with chronic viral hepatitis using FibroTest and ActiTest - comparison with histopathological assessment.
…The inter-rater agreement test showed poor agreement between the FT/AT…
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FibroTest is effective in patients with normal transaminases, when accuracy is standardized on fibrosis stage prevalence.
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Diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan and comparison to liver fibrosis biomarkers in chronic viral hepatitis: a multicenter prospective study (the FIBROSTIC study).
### Background & Aims The diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver fibrosis tests that…
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Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…standard for assessment of liver fibrosis. Non-invasive markers have been proposed…
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Prognostic value of the combined use of transient elastography and fibrotest in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
…After adjusting for age and histological fibrosis staging, significant variables in univariate…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population.
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Hepatic and renal end-organ damage in the Fontan circulation: A report from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry.
…Features suggestive of hepatic fibrosis were observed on ultrasound in 87/143…
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Noninvasive Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B.
…For the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis, the standardized area under the receiver…
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Prospective comparison of six non-invasive scores for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background/Aims Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis have recently been developed…
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The use of transient elastography and FibroTest for monitoring hepatotoxicity in patients receiving methotrexate for psoriasis.
…FibroTest is an indirect serum marker of hepatic fibrosis. ### Main Outcomes And…
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[The prediction and validation of liver fibrosis by a noninvasive model and validation in patients with chronic hepatitis B].
…Histological staging of liver fibrosis, assessed blindly and independently by 2 pathologists…
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Non-invasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year survival of patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus.
…Survival was significantly decreased in patients diagnosed with severe fibrosis, whatever the…
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Effect of antiviral treatment on serum markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: the Fibrovic 2 Study - ANRS HC02.
### Background Non-invasive liver fibrosis scores have been proposed as alternatives to…
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Novel Biomarkers of Grade I Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.
…The prevalence of grade I LVDD, fibrosis, mild steatosis, moderate-to-severe…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis biomarkers: a meta-analysis.
…biopsy for the diagnosis of fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease…
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Three Neglected STARD Criteria Reduce the Uncertainty of the Liver Fibrosis Biomarker FibroTest-T2D in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Key publication
…FibroTest-T2D predicts fibrosis regression after BS. Applying 3M and adjustments could…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of portal hypertension.
Compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) describes the spectrum of advanced fibrosis…
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Non-cirrhotic thrombocytopenic patients with hepatitis C virus: Characteristics and outcome of antiviral therapy.
…The study population was subdivided according to baseline FibroSURE test results into…
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The FibroTest value in discriminating between insignificant and significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. The Romanian experience.
…Liver fibrosis was evaluated according to the METAVIR scoring system on a…
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Real-world efficacy and safety of ombitasvir, paritaprevir/r+dasabuvir+ribavirin in genotype 1b patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
…The only key inclusion criteria was advanced fibrosis (Metavir stage F4) confirmed…
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Biological markers of liver fibrosis and activity as non-invasive alternatives to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis.
…27% significant serum inflammation, 47% fibrosis (F2F3F4) on LB. The diagnostic value…
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease biomarkers estimate cardiovascular risk based on coronary artery calcium score in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study with two independent cohorts. Key publication
…and ActiTest®) were determined from blood samples as scores and stages in…
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Role of Non-hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV.
…We defined cirrhosis with the FibroSure test (F3/4-F4). We used…
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Glycogenic hepatopathy. Review
…GH may be diagnosed also after elevated liver enzymes in routine blood…
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (NashTest) for the prediction of non alcoholo steato hepatitis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
### Background Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for assessing histologic lesions…
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Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
…The primary outcomes were A2-A3 activity and F2-F4 fibrosis (METAVIR…
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FibroTest (FT) has similar accuracy for cirrhosis in 'intention-to-diagnose' which is superior to transient elastography (TE) in chronic hepatitis B.
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A randomized controlled trial of high-dose ursodesoxycholic acid for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
…HD-UDCA significantly reduced the FibroTest® serum fibrosis marker (p<0.001…
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Natural history of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C. The OBSVIRC, METAVIR, CLINIVIR, and DOSVIRC groups.
### Background Our aim was to assess the natural history of liver fibrosis…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis: noninvasive means.
…For FibroTest, the mean diagnostic value for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis…
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Comparison of non-invasive liver fibrosis biomarkers in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: the fibrovic study--ANRS HC02.
### Background/Aims To compare non-invasive biological liver fibrosis scores, as alternatives…
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Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
…standard serum marker of fibrosis. ### Results Advanced fibrosis (F2-F4) was present…
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Intermethod calibration of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) results: application to Fibrotest and Actitest scores.
…been proposed to evaluate liver fibrosis or necro-inflammatory lesions as an…
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Changes of non-invasive markers and FibroScan values during HCV treatment.
The recent advent of non-invasive methods for assessment of fibrosis allows…
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The role of the non-invasive serum marker FibroTest-ActiTest in the prediction of histological stage of fibrosis and activity in children with naïve chronic hepatitis B infection.
…FT predicted insignificant fibrosis in 14/23 (61%) patients at a cut…
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Impact of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on long-term cardiovascular events and death in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
…In univariate analysis, patients with liver fibrosis had more cardiovascular events and…
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Factors to improve the management of hepatitis C in drug users: an observational study in an addiction centre.
…Liver fibrosis was assessed by a non invasive method. In 2002, 6…
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[Biomarkers for liver fibrosis: advances, advantages and disadvantages]. Review
…Liver biopsy, traditionally regarded as the gold standard of fibrosis staging, has…
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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis.
…The study included 79 patients with cystic fibrosis, aged 1 to 20…
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Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in Egyptian children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection using FibroTest and ActiTest.
…found between FT-related fibrosis and fibrosis stage by METAVIR scoring on…
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Liver fibrosis regression and progression during controlled hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-HBV patients treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in France: a prospective cohort study.
…Risk factors for fibrosis progression (F0-F1-F2 to F3-F4) and…
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Validation of Ten Noninvasive Diagnostic Models for Prediction of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims Noninvasive models have been developed for fibrosis assessment in…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of liver steatosis using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography.
…CAP being implemented on FibroScan(®) (Echosens, Paris, France), both steatosis and fibrosis…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population - Authors' reply.
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Comparison of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging with transient elastography for the detection of complications in patients with cirrhosis.
…for the evaluation of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. ### Aim To determine the…
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Variability of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves in the diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers: impact of biopsy length and fragmentation.
…of each fibrosis stage defining advanced and non-advanced fibrosis. ### Results The…
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Evaluation of FibroTest inter-laboratory variations requires standardization on analytical systems and should not be mixed with underpowered histological validation.
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Transient elastography and biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment and follow-up of inactive hepatitis B carriers.
### Background Non invasive methods for fibrosis evaluation remain to be validated longitudinally…
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FibroTest is an independent predictor of virologic response in chronic hepatitis C patients retreated with pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in the EPIC³ program.
…genotype 2/3 (odds ratio=2.9), fibrosis estimated with FT (4…
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The impact of liver disease aetiology and the stages of hepatic fibrosis on the performance of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers: an international study of 2411 cases.
### Background Performance of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers may be influenced by aetiology…
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Staging chronic hepatitis B into seven categories, defining inactive carriers and assessing treatment impact using a fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest®) and elastography (FibroScan®).
…The third aim was to assess the long-term dynamics of fibrosis…
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Staging chronic hepatitis C in seven categories using fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest™) and transient elastography (FibroScan®).
…non-invasive markers of METAVIR fibrosis stages from F0 to F4 using…
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Noninvasive Markers of Improvement of Liver Steatosis Achieved by Weight Reduction in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
…focused on moderate-intensity activities. Blood samples (biochemistry, HOMA-IR, cytokine levels…
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Prospective comparison of transient elastography, Fibrotest, APRI, and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…The combined use of FibroScan and FibroTest to evaluate liver fibrosis could…
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EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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Comparison of liver stiffness, fibrotest and liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in kidney-transplant patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
…Liver biopsies gave the following fibrosis-grade distribution using METAVIR scores: F0…
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Hepatitis C in 6,865 patients 65 yr or older: a severe and neglected curable disease?
…Among the 2,169 patients who underwent liver biopsy, bridging fibrosis (F2…
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Histopathological algorithm and scoring system for evaluation of liver lesions in morbidly obese patients.
…steatosis (S), activity (A), and fibrosis (F). Based on the algorithm, 230…
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Childhood/adult-onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency: A serious metabolic and vascular phenotype beyond liver disease-four new pediatric cases.
…All children showed significant liver fibrosis (F3 [n = 3]; F2 [n = 1…
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[Prognosis assessment of alcoholic liver disease: how and why?]. Review
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) causes more than 5000 deaths per year in…
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Noninvasive methods, including transient elastography, for the detection of liver disease in adults with cystic fibrosis.
…mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, detection of CF-associated…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis: a comparison with historical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Objectives Liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C is related to sex, age…
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Improved inflammatory activity with peginterferon alfa-2b maintenance therapy in non-cirrhotic prior non-responders: a randomized study.
…therapy in patients with METAVIR fibrosis scores (MFS) of F2 or F3…
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Biochemical markers of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a comparison with prothrombin time, platelet count, and age-platelet index.
…severity of hepatitis C-related fibrosis. The objective of this study was…
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[Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-Actic-Test].
…Progresses in the comprehension of fibrosis dynamics and better treatment efficacy follow…
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Noninvasive evaluation of NAFLD. Review
…Ultrasonography-based transient elastography can exclude advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis, but its…
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A prospective assessment of the inter-laboratory variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest) in patients with chronic liver disease.
…Biochemical markers for liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and necroinflammatory features (ActiTest) are an…
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Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action. Review
Traditionally a disease of hepatologists, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has recently…
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HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at high risk of development of significant liver fibrosis after an episode of acute hepatitis C.
…Liver fibrosis was estimated by Fibroscan^®^ and Fibrotest^®^ . Liver-related and non…
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Severity of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease Correlates with Fontan Hemodynamics.
…IQR 0.3], corresponding to fibrosis stage ≥ 2. Liver stiffness values and…
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