Pubblicazioni scientifiche sui diagnostici non invasivi BioPredictive
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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.
…Validated non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis consistently detected otherwise unrecognised liver…
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Physicians' practices for diagnosing liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: a nationwide, Canadian survey.
…Routine assessment of liver fibrosis was requested by the surveyed physicians mostly…
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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.
To assess the accuracy of the noninvasive tools, fibrotest (FT) and liver…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis. Key publication Review
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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.
…There were significantly more cases of discordances between APRI and liver biopsy…
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Liver fibrosis markers in alcoholic liver disease. Review
Alcohol is one of the main factors of liver damage. The evaluation…
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Noninvasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Liver stiffness can be measured noninvasively to assess liver fibrosis…
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Non-invasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year survival of patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus.
### Background Liver stiffness and non-invasive tests predict overall survival in chronic…
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Non-invasive measurement of liver and pancreas fibrosis in patients with cystic fibrosis.
…Prevalence of significant liver-fibrosis assessed by TE, ARFI-right-liver-lobe…
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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.
…To monitor this serial liver biopsies were performed. The Fibroscan and the…
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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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Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis. Review
…The rate of adoption of non-invasive diagnostic tests for liver fibrosis…
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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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Noninvasive evaluation of NAFLD. Review
…developing complications of end-stage liver disease. Although it lacks sensitivity, ultrasonography…
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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.
…The usefulness of FibroScan in children with chronic liver diseases is unknown…
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Comparison of fatty liver index with noninvasive methods for steatosis detection and quantification.
…Evaluation of liver fat was performed using four noninvasive methods: the SteatoTest…
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Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse and fibrotest in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant.
…This study aimed to assess the accuracy of ARFI in discriminating liver…
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PNPLA3 polymorphism influences liver fibrosis in unselected patients with type 2 diabetes.
…In multivariate analysis, the predictive variables for advanced liver fibrosis were age…
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Comparison of three algorithms of non-invasive markers of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Preliminary data suggest that performance of non-invasive markers for liver…
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Severity of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease Correlates with Fontan Hemodynamics.
…Severe liver cirrhosis was detectable in 20 patients (17.1%). Median liver…
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Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis.
…Histopathological staging of liver fibrosis according to the METAVIR scoring system served…
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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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Review article: the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- availability and accuracy of non-invasive methods. Review
### Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a wide spectrum of…
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Noninvasive diagnosis in alcohol-related liver disease.
### Background Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) represents a major cause of death…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and biomarkers in alcohol-related liver disease. Review
Even though alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of…
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Serum bile acid levels as a predictor for the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Serum bile acids (SBAs) are commonly elevated in cholestatic liver diseases, but…
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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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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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Non-invasive diagnosis of liver steatosis using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography.
…CAP was significantly correlated with SteatoTest, Fatty Liver Index (FLI), percentage of…
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Combination of blood tests for significant fibrosis and cirrhosis improves the assessment of liver-prognosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…Significant liver-related events (SLRE) and liver-related deaths were recorded during…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of steatosis, inflammatory changes and liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Pilot study.
### Introduction Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using FibroScan(®) and FibroTest in patients with diabetes.
### Background Patients with diabetes are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease…
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Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with Fontan circulation using transient elastography and biochemical fibrosis markers.
…Transient elastography has been evaluated for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis in…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Review
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) consists of a broad spectrum of disorders, ranging…
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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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Hepatitis B: are non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis reliable? Review
…However, as none are liver specific their results can be influenced by…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis.
### Background The prognosis and management of chronic liver diseases greatly depend on…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis in transplant recipients with recurrent HCV infection: usefulness of transient elastography.
### Background Progression of recurrent hepatitis C is accelerated in liver transplant recipients…
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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.
…Liver fat content (assessed using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy), fatty liver index…
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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.
### Background HIV-monoinfected individuals are at high risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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The use of transient elastography and FibroTest for monitoring hepatotoxicity in patients receiving methotrexate for psoriasis.
…Steatosis was demonstrated in all 5 patients who received liver biopsies during…
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Usefulness of noninvasive tests in nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver.
### Background The only way to diagnose nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) is liver…
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Systematic review: Investigating the prognostic performance of four non-invasive tests in alcohol-related liver disease.
### Background And Aim Mortality of alcohol-related liver disease (ArLD) is increasing…
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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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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Between prediction/prevention of outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Review
…In this case, liver biopsy is still required to properly assess liver…
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Liver fibrosis in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients: relation to hepatitis C virus and compliance with chelation.
### Background The main causes of liver fibrosis in transfusion-dependent thalassemia major…
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Transient elastography and other noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis in patients with viral hepatitis. Review
The limitations of liver biopsy (invasive procedure, sampling errors, inter-observer variability…
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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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Assessment of liver fibrosis: noninvasive means.
Liver biopsy, owing to its limitations and risks, is an imperfect gold…
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Profiles of liver fibrosis evolution during long-term tenofovir treatment in HIV-positive patients coinfected with hepatitis B.
### Background & Aims Data on liver fibrosis evolution and its involvement in liver…
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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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Biomarkers of liver fibrosis. Review
Liver biopsy, due to its limitations and risks, is an imperfect gold…
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EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV--Review. Review
…the infection, have developed advanced liver disease. Until recently, in order to…
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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 acoustic radiation force impulse imaging with transient elastography for the detection of complications in patients with cirrhosis.
…54 ± 11 years) with chronic liver disease and established cirrhosis were included…
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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
### Background & Aims Alcohol is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver-related…
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Sequential algorithms combining non-invasive markers and biopsy for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…42.6 +/- 11.3) with CHB undergoing diagnostic liver biopsy were included…
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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
…This also allows for a sonographic evaluation of the liver to be…
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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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The combination of a blood test and Fibroscan improves the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis.
### Background And Aims Blood tests and liver stiffness evaluation (LSE) by ultrasonographic…
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Transient elastography: a new surrogate marker of liver fibrosis influenced by major changes of transaminases.
…The dynamic profiles of serum transaminases and liver stiffness were compared by…
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FibroMAX: towards a new universal biomarker of liver disease? Review
Among the noninvasive alternatives to liver biopsy, several studies have demonstrated the…
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Fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Review
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver…
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SAFE biopsy: a validated method for large-scale staging of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Unlabelled The staging of liver fibrosis is pivotal for defining the prognosis…
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Study on noninvasive laboratory tests for fibrosis in chronic HBV infection and their evaluation.
…The logistic regression equations for diagnosing liver fibrosis and early cirrhosis were…
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An evaluation of the potential cost-effectiveness of non-invasive testing strategies in the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis.
…In comparison with liver biopsy alone, there was a cost savings of…
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Transient elastography using Fibroscan is the most reliable noninvasive method for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in alcoholic liver disease.
…The optimal cut-off values of liver stiffness (LS) for predicting METAVIR…
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Noninvasive Indirect Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholics.
…The best marker of liver fibrosis in alcoholic patients seems to be…
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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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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is independently linked to cardiometabolic morbidity and…
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Noninvasive procedures to evaluate liver involvement in HIV-1 vertically infected children.
…Progressive liver injury is a concern in HIV-infected children exposed to…
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Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis. Review
Owing to the high prevalence of various chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis is…
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Glycogenic hepatopathy. Review
…GH may be diagnosed also after elevated liver enzymes in routine blood…
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EASL clinical practical guidelines: management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Evaluation of FibroTest-ActiTest in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Key publication
…as a noninvasive alternative to liver biopsy (LB), but there are few…
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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.
…including hepatic necroinflammatory activity, on liver stiffness measurement (LSM). This prospective study…
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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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Utility of noninvasive methods for the characterization of nonalcoholic liver steatosis in the family practice. The "VARES" Italian multicenter study.
The diagnostic utilities of ultrasonography (US), fatty liver index (FLI) and an…
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Transient elastography and biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment and follow-up of inactive hepatitis B carriers.
…elastography (TE) and biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment and follow-up of…
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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
…Ten year survival (95% CI) without liver-related death in patients with…
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Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients with hepatitis C: can you avoid liver biopsy?
…To estimate liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with hepatitis C (HCV…
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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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A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation. Review
…Although, liver biopsy is still considered as gold standard to identify liver…
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Fibrotest-Actitest: the biochemical marker of liver fibrosis--the Israeli experience.
…The AUROC curve comparing the Fibrotest with liver biopsy with a cutoff…
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A simple biological index for detection of alcoholic liver disease in drinkers.
To make liver biopsy unnecessary in certain cases, PGA (P, prothrombin time…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis and steatosis biomarkers in type-2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia.
### Background In cardiometabolic disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is frequent and…
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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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The Distribution of Liver Steatosis, Fibrosis, Steatohepatitis and Inflammation Activity in Alcoholics According to FibroMax Test.
### Background The diagnosis of alcoholic liver diseases is based on the history…
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Prognostic value of the combined use of transient elastography and fibrotest in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background & Aims Liver stiffness (LS) measurement using transient elastography and the FibroTest…
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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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Fibrotest or Fibroscan for evaluation of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with hepatitis C.
…To estimate liver fibrosis and to assess the concordance between FT and…
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Hepatotoxicity of tocilizumab and anakinra in rheumatoid arthritis: management decisions.
### Background Elevation of liver enzymes in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab…
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Prospective noninvasive analysis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease: correlation of transient elastography and laboratory-based markers.
…Results of noninvasive liver fibrosis markers were as follows: fibrotest,-1.65…
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Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus.
### Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of chronic liver…
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Intestinal failure-associated liver disease in patients with short bowel syndrome: Evaluation by transient elastography.
…risk for intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD). The aim of the…
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Noninvasive methods, including transient elastography, for the detection of liver disease in adults with cystic fibrosis.
### Background Liver disease is the third leading cause of mortality in patients…
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Cost effectiveness of fibrosis assessment prior to treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients.
### Background And Aims Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) is a liver disease affecting…
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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.
### Background And Aims Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and FibroTest (FT) are frequently…
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Real-time tissue elastography versus FibroScan for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease.
…with chronic liver disease and either histological assessment of liver fibrosis (n…
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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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The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as measured using non-invasive tests.
### Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in bariatric surgery candidates…
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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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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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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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Methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis: a 2008 update. Key publication Review
…of non-invasive biomarkers in liver fibrosis. A scoring system has been…
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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.
### Introduction A prognostic model to predict liver severity in people with metabolic…
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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.
### Objectives Precise evaluation of the level of liver fibrosis is recommended in…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis in PBC with FibroScan, MRI, MR-spectroscopy, and serum markers.
…evaluated for the assessment of liver fibrosis predominantly in patients with viral…
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Impact of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on long-term cardiovascular events and death in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD…
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Coffee consumption and nonalcoholic fatty liver onset: a prospective study in the general population.
…Fatty liver was diagnosed with abdominal ultrasound and liver steatosis was quantified…
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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.
…However, liver biopsy is not replaceable, especially to diagnose ≥F2 and in…
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Altered serum N-glycomics in chronic hepatitis B patients.
…markers for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis…
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Prospective validation of FibroTest in comparison with liver stiffness for predicting liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
…We aimed to validate its diagnostic performances in comparison with liver stiffness…
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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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Prediction for steatosis in type-2 diabetes: clinico-biological markers versus 1H-MR spectroscopy.
### Objectives The SteatoTest, fatty liver index (FLI) and hepatic steatosis index (HSI…
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Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
…Baseline liver biopsies were obtained (1996-1998) on a random sample of…
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Non-invasive Investigations for the Diagnosis of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease in Pediatric and Adult Fontan Patients.
Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) is a serious complication related to the…
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FibroTest-FibroSURE: towards a universal biomarker of liver fibrosis?
Among the noninvasive alternatives to liver biopsy, several studies have demonstrated the…
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Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…Need for liver biopsy is reduced by 50-70% but cannot be…
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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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Assessment of allograft fibrosis by transient elastography and noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in liver transplant patients.
…infection or non-HCV-related liver diseases. ### Methods And Results The optimal…
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Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy.
…42 participants had a second liver biopsy: Among 38 participants with F0…
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Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications.
### Background & Aims Noninvasive tests (NITs) of liver fibrosis have been suggested to…
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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.
…Liver biopsy, because of its limitations and risks, might be considered an…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of chronic infection with Hepatitis C Virus.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver…
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Non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Clinical prediction rules and blood-based biomarkers. Review
…Since liver biopsy is invasive, expensive and prone to sampling error, several…
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Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
…The use of FT may decrease the need for liver biopsy examination.
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Improving estimation of liver fibrosis using combination and newer noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in hepatitis C-infected haemophilia patients.
…The aim of the study was to improve the estimation of liver…
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Management of the patient with SVR. Review
…SVR benefits are well-recognized with reductions in rates of liver complications…
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Predictive value of biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis in adult Fontan patients.
…Further studies are needed to guide strategies for surveillance of liver disease…
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Liver stiffness measurement and biochemical markers in Senegalese chronic hepatitis B patients with normal ALT and high viral load.
…We sought to evaluate liver stiffness measurement by FibroScan® (LSM) and two…
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Correlation between liver biopsy and fibrotest in the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Aim To assess the diagnostic value of Fibrotest in comparison with liver…
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Histopathological algorithm and scoring system for evaluation of liver lesions in morbidly obese patients.
### Unlabelled Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent and being overweight…
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The Diagnostic Value of FibroTest and Hepascore as Non-Invasive Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC).
…All patients had a liver biopsy. The Hepascore and FibroTest were calculated…
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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis.
Changes in the liver and bile ducts observed in patients diagnosed with…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using a noninvasive biomarker in patients with diabetes.
### Background & Aims Patients with diabetes are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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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.
…We also examined the inter-observer variations after independent review of liver…
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Comparison of nine blood tests and transient elastography for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: the ANRS HCEP-23 study.
…liver biopsy, in untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). ### Methods This…
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Performance of noninvasive markers for liver fibrosis is reduced in chronic hepatitis C with normal transaminases.
…Few studies investigated noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus…
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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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Impact of effective versus sham continuous positive airway pressure on liver injury in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from randomized trials.
…liver injury. ### Conclusion A number of non-invasive markers of liver damage…
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Liver biopsy: the best standard...when everything else fails.
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Diagnostic and prognostic values of noninvasive biomarkers of fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
…A total of 218 consecutive patients with ALD and available liver biopsy…
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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.
…management of patients with chronic liver disease. Non-invasive tests (NITs) have…
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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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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.
…Liver biopsy may be used in patients with suspected ALD to confirm…
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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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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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Diagnostic accuracy of the Coopscore© to predict liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B virus co-infection.
Background Non-invasive methods for assessing liver fibrosis are increasingly used as…
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Liver fibrosis in adults with Fontan palliation: Do common screening studies predict disease severity?
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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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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
…a non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis…
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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.
…The aim of this study was to evaluate the evolution of liver…
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Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…markers for significant liver fibrosis (METAVIR ≥F2), advanced liver fibrosis (≥F3) and…
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Twenty-year protocol liver biopsies: Invasive but useful for the management of liver recipients.
### Background & Aims Most liver transplant centres have discontinued the practice of protocol…
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Staging chronic hepatitis C in seven categories using fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest™) and transient elastography (FibroScan®).
…primary liver cancer, variceal bleeding, or decompensation (ascites, encephalopathy, or jaundice). ### Methods…
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The product of triglycerides and glucose as biomarker for screening simple steatosis and NASH in asymptomatic women.
…Given that early identification of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is…
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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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Prospective comparison of transient elastography, Fibrotest, APRI, and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…When the FibroScan and FibroTest results agreed, liver biopsy examination confirmed them…
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Comparison of eight diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: new algorithms are more precise and entirely noninvasive.
…The study included 1785 patients with chronic hepatitis C, liver biopsy, blood…
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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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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.
…as non-invasive alternatives to liver biopsy (LB) in 138 HCV-infected…
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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-related and non-liver-related outcomes were documented. Overall 213 episodes…
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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.
…from liver biopsies. ### Results Data from 182 patients with baseline liver biopsy…
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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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FibroTest/Fibrosure for significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis. Meta Analysis
### Objectives Extent of liver fibrosis is one of the most important factors…
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The FibroTest value in discriminating between insignificant and significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. The Romanian experience.
…in order to avoid the liver biopsy currently used for selection of…
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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
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing non…
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Performance of 11 biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment in HIV/HBV co-infected patients.
…The Kappa index was used to study overall agreement with liver biopsy…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis biomarkers: a meta-analysis.
…For the prediction of survival without liver-related death, the areas under…
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Late presentation of chronic viral hepatitis for medical care: a consensus definition.
### Introduction We present two consensus definitions of advanced and late stage liver…
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Methotrexate in psoriasis: a systematic review of treatment modalities, incidence, risk factors and monitoring of liver toxicity.
…ideal method for monitoring the liver toxicity of MTX in the management…
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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.
…In Burkina Faso, liver biopsy (LB) remains the "gold standard" method for…
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Noninvasive Markers of Improvement of Liver Steatosis Achieved by Weight Reduction in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
### Unlabelled Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is strongly associated with insulin resistance…
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Silymarin in non alcoholic fatty liver disease.
…The brightness of liver echography texture (hepatorenal ratio brightness) was also defined…
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Performance of the SteatoTest, ActiTest, NashTest and FibroTest in a multiethnic cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
…oral glucose tolerance test, a liver proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (^1^H…
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Performance of Plasma Biomarkers and Diagnostic Panels for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
…nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) should be evaluated for liver fibrosis. However…
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Discordance between biochemical markers of liver activity and fibrosis (Actitest-Fibrotest) and liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…practice and in comparison with liver biopsy the limitations of two blood…
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Applicability and variability of liver stiffness measurements according to probe position.
### Aim To investigate the liver stiffness measurement (LSM) applicability and variability with…
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Fibromax-based nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Methodological considerations.
The relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obstructive sleep apnea…
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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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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nocturnal hypoxia, and endothelial function in patients with sleep apnea.
…By multivariate analysis, independent factors for liver steatosis were, as expected, triglyceride…
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Validation of Ten Noninvasive Diagnostic Models for Prediction of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
…However, the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy in evaluating liver fibrosis of…
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Discordance between liver biopsy and FibroTest in assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…Here, we aimed to identify predictors of discordance between FT and liver…
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The diagnostic value of combining carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, fibrosis, and steatosis biomarkers for the prediction of excessive alcohol consumption.
…transferrin (CDT%), is confounded by liver disease severity. The aim was to…
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Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer-based total serum protein glycomics.
…The current 'gold standard' for liver cirrhosis detection is an invasive, costly…
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Is it possible to predict HCV-related liver cirrhosis non-invasively through routine laboratory parameters? Review
…Between 15 and 56% of these chronic carriers will evolve towards liver…
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Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive techniques for liver fibrosis assessment in patients infected with HCV-genotype 4 in Egypt.
In Egypt, as elsewhere, liver biopsy (LB) remains the gold standard to…
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Screening for liver disease using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest and NashTest) in patients with hyperlipidaemia.
…It is impossible to perform liver biopsy in such a large number…
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Noninvasive, Blood-Based Biomarkers as Screening Tools for Hepatic Fibrosis in People With Type 2 Diabetes.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is dramatically increasing in parallel with the…
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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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[The prediction and validation of liver fibrosis by a noninvasive model and validation in patients with chronic hepatitis B].
### Objective To develop a simple model for the noninvasive diagnosis of liver…
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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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Validation of noninvasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest) for prediction of liver injury in patients with morbid obesity.
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing nonalcoholic…
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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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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 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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Awareness of the severity of liver disease re-examined using software-combined biomarkers of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity.
…of liver disease severity. ### Objective To compare the awareness of liver disease…
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Serum biochemical markers accurately predict liver fibrosis in HIV and hepatitis C virus co-infected patients.
### Objective Liver biopsy, the gold standard for assessing hepatitis C virus (HCV…
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Comparison of accuracy of fibrosis degree classifications by liver biopsy and non-invasive tests in chronic hepatitis C.
…thoroughly evaluated in comparison to liver biopsy, especially in clinical practice and…
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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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Validation of liver fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest) for assessing liver fibrosis progression: proof of concept and first application in a large population.
### Background & Aims Time-dependent statistics have been used to assess liver fibrosis…
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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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Successful treatment with telaprevir-based regimens for chronic hepatitis C results in significant improvements to serum markers of liver fibrosis.
Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have differing levels of liver…
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Validation of the FibroTest biochemical markers score in assessing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
### Background Determining the stage of fibrosis by liver biopsy is important in…
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Evaluating the accuracy and increasing the reliable diagnosis rate of blood tests for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…e.g. >/=90%) where a liver biopsy can be avoided. ### Aims To…
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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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Changes of non-invasive markers and FibroScan values during HCV treatment.
…The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate changes in liver…
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Spleen stiffness measurement by transient elastography to diagnose portal hypertension in children.
…Fibrotest was determined in 37 children, 45 children had an additional liver…
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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in 699 Moroccan patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…The older age was independently associated with liver cirrhosis.
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Value of two noninvasive methods to detect progression of fibrosis among HCV carriers with normal aminotransferases.
…We aimed to verify whether monitoring by liver biopsy might be replaced…
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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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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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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.
…Investigations included assessment of abdominal ultrasonography, liver biopsy, calculation of body mass…
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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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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: are we ready?
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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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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review.
### Background Many blood tests have been proposed as alternatives to liver biopsy…
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Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin.
…Three hundred fifty-two patients who had had 2 interpretable liver biopsies…
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Comparison of test performance profile for blood tests of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…Metavir staging of liver specimens by two independent pathologists and the following…
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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 impact of treatment with ADV vs placebo was assessed on liver…
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Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease.
…of PHT in patients with liver disease, and to determine if the…
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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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FIB-4: an inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV infection. comparison with liver biopsy and fibrotest.
…Using these ranges, 72.8% of the 847 liver biopsies were correctly…
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Screening for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease-Related Advanced Fibrosis in Diabetology: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
…AF risk stratification was determined by a composite criterion of liver biopsy…
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Validation of biochemical markers for the prediction of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Liver biopsy is an imperfect gold standard for assessing the disease…
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Prospective analysis of discordant results between biochemical markers and biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Key publication
### Background The FibroTest and ActiTest are noninvasive biochemical markers of liver injury…
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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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Non-invasive evaluation of the liver disease severity in children with chronic viral hepatitis using FibroTest and ActiTest - comparison with histopathological assessment.
### Aim Of The Study Was to evaluate liver disease severity in children…
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The Association of Histologic and Noninvasive Tests With Adverse Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Fibrosis Due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
…Liver biopsy samples, NIT results, and PROs (Short Form-36, Chronic Liver…
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Intra-individual fasting versus postprandial variation of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest).
…These consisted of 29 healthy volunteers and 35 patients with chronic liver…
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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
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing non…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population - Authors' reply.
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[SWE elastography in assessment of liver fibrosis]. Review
Liver fibrosis is a relatively common consequence of chronic liver diseases, especially…
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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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Evolving practices of non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C in France: time for new guidelines?
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Prospective evaluation of FibroTest®, FibroMeter®, and HepaScore® for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: comparison with hepatitis C.
…Blood tests were performed the day of the liver biopsy. Histological lesions…
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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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The accuracy of the FIB-4 index for the diagnosis of mild fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
…of the liver biopsy (up to 0.94 for liver biopsies >or…
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Non-invasive evaluation of response to obeticholic acid in patients with NASH: Results from the REGENERATE study.
### Background & Aims Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic, progressive fibrotic liver…
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A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis.
…In conclusion, the pathological staging and area of liver fibrosis can be…
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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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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
…The use of AshTest may reduce the need for liver biopsy, and…
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Comparison of FibroTest-ActiTest with histopathology in demonstrating fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B and C.
…Serum samples were obtained and liver needle biopsy was performed on the…
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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.
…decreases the need for a liver biopsy. Twenty-five children with naïve…
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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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Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests.
…The cirrhosis detection rate increased from 26 to 65% by performing liver…
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Comparison of Fibrotest and PGAA for the diagnosis of fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
…one of the first composite liver fibrosis markers. This study aims, prospectively…
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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.
…competitor as a biomarker of liver fibrosis in comparison with the standard…
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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
…of published articles which evaluated liver fibrosis stage among treatment-naïve HBV…
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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.
### Background & Aims Liver fibrosis stage is traditionally assessed with biopsy, an imperfect…
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Antrodia cinnamomea Mycelium in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
### Objective Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has become a prominent liver disease in contemporary…
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Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis. Review
Severe portal hypertension is responsible for complications and death. Although measurement of…
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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.
### Background FibroTest(®) (FT), and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) are the most validated…
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Liver biopsy analysis has a low level of performance for diagnosis of intermediate stages of fibrosis.
…patients with chronic liver disease or normal liver tissue that surrounded tumors…
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis.
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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
…in the prediction of primary liver cancer in patients without cirrhosis. ### Aim…
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Clinical applicability of non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (Letter)
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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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Impact of steatosis and inflammation definitions on the performance of NASH tests.
…We reviewed the landmark studies in metabolic liver disease, sources of the…
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The predictive value of FIB-4 versus FibroTest, APRI, FibroIndex and Forns index to noninvasively estimate fibrosis in hepatitis C and nonhepatitis C liver diseases.
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Comparison of liver fibrosis blood tests developed for HCV with new specific tests in HIV/HCV co-infection.
…With reliable diagnosis intervals, liver biopsy can therefore be avoided in all…
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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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Standardization of ROC curve areas for diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers based on prevalences of fibrosis stages. Key publication
### Background The area under the ROC curve (AUC) is widely used as…
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FibroTest and FibroScan for the prediction of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy. Meta Analysis
…Methodological quality, the length of liver biopsy specimens, and inclusion of special…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.
### Background An accurate diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver lesions…
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The effectiveness of noninvasive biomarkers to predict hepatitis B-related significant fibrosis and cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. Meta Analysis
…to the significant limitations of liver biopsy. Those biomarkers were initially derived…
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[Biomarkers for liver fibrosis: advances, advantages and disadvantages]. Review
Liver cirrhosis in Mexico is one of the most important causes of…
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Noninvasive Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B.
…FibroSure; LabCorp, Burlington, USA) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by Fibroscan (Echosens…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest, SteatoTest and ActiTest in patients with NAFLD using the SAF score as histological reference. Key publication
### Background Blood tests of liver injury are less well validated in non…
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Serum apolipoprotein A1 and haptoglobin, in patients with suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) as biomarkers of recovery.
…better biomarkers of drug-induced-liver-injury (DILI). ### Aims We aimed to…
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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
…gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) and Liver-Cancer-Risk-test (LCR1-test). ### Methods…
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Comparison of non-invasive fibrosis markers and classical liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C.
…Although liver biopsy is still the gold standard to diagnose liver fibrosis…
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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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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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Validation of AshTest as a Non-Invasive Alternative to Transjugular Liver Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
…AshTest is an appropriate non-invasive alternative to transjugular liver biopsy.
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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.
As an alternative to liver biopsy, an index of five biochemical markers…
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Reproducibility of blood tests of liver fibrosis in clinical practice.
### Objectives To evaluate the inter-laboratory reproducibility of blood test for liver…
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Fibroscan and FibroTest/FibroMax to assess liver fibrosis/cirrhosis in patients with chronic HBV and HCV infection in Georgia.
Although, liver biopsy is the gold standard in assessment of the degree…
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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.
…Based on these results, the use of the biochemical markers of liver…
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Liver fibrosis evaluation using real-time shear wave elastography: applicability and diagnostic performance using methods without a gold standard.
…compared with FibroTest (FT) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography…
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Discovery of novel biomarker candidates for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: a preliminary study.
### Background Liver biopsy is the reference standard for assessing liver fibrosis and…
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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.
…were performed the day of liver biopsy (LB), taken as reference, in…
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Optimization and robustness of blood tests for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
…included 1056 HCV patients with liver biopsy and blood markers. Validation populations…
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An Invisible Early Steatosis Phenotype Defined for a Large Population-Based Cohort.
**Background:** The current definition of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD…
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Hepatocyte-derived biomarkers predict liver-related events at 2 years in Child-Pugh class A alcohol-related cirrhosis.
…The identified patients at high risk of liver-related events are the…
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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.
…CHB and its consequences on liver injury compared with CHC and NAFLD…
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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.
…the entire liver and one taking into account the prevalence of each…
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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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Slow regression of liver fibrosis presumed by repeated biomarkers after virological cure in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…Four cases of primary liver cancer occurred in SVR [4.6% (0…
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Noninvasive Testing for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients With Psoriasis Receiving Long-term Methotrexate Sodium Therapy.
…All patients in the cohort except 1 were managed without a liver…
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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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Implementing non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in clinical practice.
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Longitudinal assessment of hepatitis C fibrosis progression by collagen and smooth muscle actin morphometry in comparison to serum markers.
### Background Assessment of fibrosis progression in chronic liver disease relies upon non…
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Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background Aims Liver biopsy is the gold standard for assessing hepatitis B…
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Diagnostic performance of a new noninvasive test for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using a simplified histological reference. Key publication
…is the prediction of metabolic liver disease (MLD) by noninvasive tests (NITs…
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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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A randomized controlled trial of high-dose ursodesoxycholic acid for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
### Background & Aims Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a prevalent liver disease associated with…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population.
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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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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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Biomarkers of liver injury for hepatitis clinical trials: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Meta Analysis
### Background Liver biopsy and virological end points are standard references for assessing…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Key publication
### Background Liver biopsy is thought mandatory for management of patients with hepatitis…
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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
…Beyond its utility in assessing liver fibrosis, the FibroTest® could be a…
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Noninvasive biomarkers FibroTest and ActiTest versus liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C patients: the Middle East experience.
…hepatitis C (CHC) patients with liver biopsy (LB). ### Methods In 107 patients…
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An independent and prospective comparison of two commercial fibrosis marker panels (HCV FibroSURE and FIBROSpect II) during albinterferon alfa-2b combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
…Baseline liver biopsies were evaluated for METAVIR fibrosis by a single pathologist…
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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.
### Background And Goal International guidelines suggest combining a blood test and liver…
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Effective use of FibroTest to generate decision trees in hepatitis C.
…chronic hepatitis C without a liver biopsy. The FibroTest attributes of age…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients infected by hepatitis C virus: longitudinal validation in a randomized trial. Key publication
A liver fibrosis index was recently prospectively validated in a cross-sectional…
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Guidelines for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
…to assess the stage of liver disease and eligibility for treatment; prioritize…
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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®).
…and TE were predictive of liver complications (n=37; AUROC=0.83…
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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
…the prediction of non-alcoholic liver disease by non-invasive blood tests…
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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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An algorithm for the grading of activity in chronic hepatitis C. The METAVIR Cooperative Study Group.
…A panel of 10 pathologists reviewed 363 chronic hepatitis C liver biopsies…
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Impact of hepatitis C and liver fibrosis on antiretroviral plasma drug concentrations in HIV-HCV co-infected patients: the HEPADOSE study.
…infected patients with liver disease documented by liver biopsy, matched with HIV…
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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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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
…hand and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on the other hand…
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Role of genotype G hepatitis B virus mixed infection on the progression of hepatic fibrosis in HIV positive patients over 5 years of follow-up.
…The dynamic of liver disease in co-infected patients is important to…
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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
In patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with or without…
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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
…2-diabetes (T2D), obesity, and liver fibrosis (resmetirom) announce the widespread use…
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Combination of fibrosis tests: sequential or synchronous?
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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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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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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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Interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 in chronic hepatitis C: Correlations with insulin resistance, histological features & sustained virological response.
…Histological features were assessed invasively by liver biopsy and noninvasively using FibroTest…
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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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EASL clinical practice guidelines: Management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
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The predictive value of Fibrotest vs. APRI for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection.
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Childhood/adult-onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency: A serious metabolic and vascular phenotype beyond liver disease-four new pediatric cases.
…Children present severe fatty liver disease with early cirrhosis. Before enzyme replacement…
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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
…not yet adequate to replace liver biopsy. Additional studies are necessary to…
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Analytical variability of the Fibrotest proteins.
…hepatitis C infection who underwent liver biopsy. We compared measurements of haptoglobin…
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Role of leisure-time physical activity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a population-based study.
### Unlabelled Physical activity (PA) is commonly recommended for nonalchoholic fatty liver disease…
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Validation of the new 2021 EASL algorithm for the noninvasive diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD.
### Background And Aims The European Association for the Study of the Liver…
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Diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: are they ready to avoid liver biopsy?
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FibroScan and FibroTest to assess liver fibrosis in HCV with normal aminotransferases.
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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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American Association for the Study of the Liver
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Higher serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males.
### Unlabelled Males have strikingly increased risk of advanced liver disease. However, the…
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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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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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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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Letter: FibroTest for staging fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - authors' reply.
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External validation of LCR1-LCR2, a multivariable HCC risk calculator, in patients with chronic HCV. Key publication
### Background & Aims The Liver Cancer Risk test algorithm (LCR1-LCR2) is a…
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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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Non-cirrhotic thrombocytopenic patients with hepatitis C virus: Characteristics and outcome of antiviral therapy.
…a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score ≥ 10 (24% [14-37…
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Appropriate evidence-based data overviews demonstrate the diagnostic and prognostic performances of FibroTest in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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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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Prospective direct comparison of non-invasive liver tests in outpatients with type 2 diabetes using intention-to-diagnose analysis. Key publication
### Background No prospective diagnostic studies have directly compared widespread non-invasive liver…
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Letter: FibroTest for staging fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Role of Non-hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV.
…on survival after adjusting for liver disease severity in a cohort of…
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Racial differences in the association between adiposity measures and the risk of hepatitis C-related liver disease.
…To evaluate the association between anthropometric measurements and advanced liver disease in…
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Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Review
…Liver biopsy (LB) has traditionally been considered the "gold standard" for pre…
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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
…for the diagnostic of metabolic liver disease in patients with type-2…
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Improved inflammatory activity with peginterferon alfa-2b maintenance therapy in non-cirrhotic prior non-responders: a randomized study.
…Blinded liver biopsies obtained before retreatment and after maintenance therapy were evaluated…
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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.
### Background & Aims EPIC-3 is a prospective, international study that has demonstrated…
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Coffee and Caffeine Are Associated With Decreased Risk of Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Among Patients With Hepatitis C.
…these findings in women and in people with other chronic liver diseases.
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Longitudinal assessment of histology surrogate markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) during lamivudine therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
…AT), are an alternative to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis…
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FibroTest is effective in patients with normal transaminases, when accuracy is standardized on fibrosis stage prevalence.
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[FibroTest-ActiTest for predicting liver fibrosis and inflammatory activity in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B].
…ActiTest (FT-AT) in predicting liver fibrosis and inflammatory activity in patients…
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Low 25-OH vitamin D serum levels correlate with severe fibrosis in HIV-HCV co-infected patients with chronic hepatitis.
…Serum levels of 25(OH)D3 were also significantly correlated with liver…
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Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.
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Peta V, Ziol M, Imbert-Bismut F, et al., for the FibroFrance-GHPS-HECAM group
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Real-world efficacy and safety of ombitasvir, paritaprevir/r+dasabuvir+ribavirin in genotype 1b patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
…confirmed by Fibromax testing (or liver biopsy/Fibroscan). Efficacy was assessed by…
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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 main endpoint was the absence of liver-related complications, transplantation or…
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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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The diagnostic performance of a simplified blood test (SteatoTest-2) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Key publication
### Background Serum biomarkers of steatosis such as the SteatoTest are recommended for…
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Clinical and genetic definition of serum bilirubin levels for the diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome and hypobilirubinemia.
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Current complications and challenges in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis screening and diagnosis. Review
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) can lead to complications such as liver failure, cirrhosis…
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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.
…and metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD); however, the underlying mechanisms…
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Assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriasis patients: a prospective evaluation of four serum fibrosis markers.
…However, its use is hampered by the risk of liver fibrosis. ### Aim…
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The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices. Review
…Assessments of histologic damage typically are performed using liver biopsy, yet noninvasive…
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Intra-laboratory analytical variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (Fibrotest) and activity (Actitest) and reference ranges in healthy blood donors.
…being developed as alternatives to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis…
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Performance of serum apolipoprotein-A1 as a sentinel of Covid-19. Key publication
…followed for a risk of liver fibrosis risk in the USA (212…
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Pharmacotherapeutic efficacy on noninvasive fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Meta Analysis
### Background Fibrosis impacts long-term outcomes among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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Dietary vitamin E and C intake is inversely associated with the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
### Background & Aims Although antioxidants have a protective potential in nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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Commentary: prognostication of chronic hepatitis B - are Fibrotest and Fibroscan the final answers? Authors' reply.
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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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Diagnosis of fibrosis and cirrhosis. Liver biopsy is not always necessary. Review
Needle biopsy of the liver is considered the "gold-standard" for diagnosis…
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Finasteride and methadone use and risk of advanced hepatitis C related liver disease.
…risk of advanced HCV-related liver disease. ### Background Males have strikingly greater…
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Commentary: prognostication of chronic hepatitis B--are Fibrotest and Fibroscan the final answers?
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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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Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS)
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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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FIB-4: a simple, inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV-infected patients.
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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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Potent viral suppression and improvements in alpha-fetoprotein and measures of fibrosis in Japanese patients receiving a daclatasvir/asunaprevir/beclabuvir fixed-dose combination for the treatment of HCV genotype-1 infection.
…As HCV clearance may improve liver outcomes, we assessed hepatic fibrosis and…
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Evaluation of liver stiffness measurement by fibroscan as compared to liver biopsy for assessment of hepatic fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C.
The study evaluated liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using non-invasive transient elastography…
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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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Evolution of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Biomarkers in Response to Weight Loss 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery-a Post Hoc Analysis of the FibroTest Prospective Study. Key publication
…Histological data regarding intraoperative liver biopsy were collected at baseline, clinical, and…
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Hepatitis C virus viremia and low platelet count: a study in a hepatitis B & C endemic area in Taiwan.
### Background & Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been shown to be…
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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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FibroStic: a large confirmatory study for non-invasive biomarkers accuracy, if correctly interpreted.
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Retracted: Executive functions in chronic hepatitis C virus infected elderly patients.
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Hepatic and renal end-organ damage in the Fontan circulation: A report from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry.
### Background Hepatic and renal dysfunction have been observed in survivors of the…
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Efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in Asian-Americans with chronic hepatitis B in community settings.
…Secondary endpoints were safety and tolerability, serologic and biochemical responses, liver fibrosis…
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[The prevalence of liver and gallbladder pathologies in overweight and obese patients].
This paper reports data on the prevalence of liver and gallbladder pathologies…
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[Diagnostic value of FibroTest for liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B].
### Objective To determine the diagnostic value of FibroTest (FT) for liver fibrosis…
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Alpha-2-macroglobulin and hepatic fibrosis. Diagnostic interest.
…different histological stages of alcoholic liver disease to assess if the A2M…
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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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External validation of FibroIndex.
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Hepatitis B virus genotype G and liver fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection.
…In the 43 (27.2%) patients with F3-F4 baseline 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
### Background And Aims The liver cancer risk test (LCR1-LCR2) is a…
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Factors to improve the management of hepatitis C in drug users: an observational study in an addiction centre.
…In 2002, 6 patients had liver fibrosis assessment at hospital facilities, 4…
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Performance of the FibroTest cannot be accurately estimated in nine paediatric patients with advanced fibrosis.
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Response to: Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications, by Jerome Boursier et al.
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Biopsy as well as FibroTest/Fibrosure is suboptimal for discriminating intermediate fibrosis stages in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
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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.
### Background And Aim Three gene polymorphisms, interferon-lambda-3 (IL28B), inosinetriphosphatase (ITPA…
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Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in patients with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1-6 and compensated cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis.
…Metavir) or F4 (Ishak) on liver biopsy. Patients received sofosbuvir-velpatasvir for…
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
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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 ?".
### Background The aspartate aminotransferase platelet ratio index (APRI) is a validated, non…
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The use of enzyme results for liver fibrosis evaluation neccessitates standardization.
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Cost effectiveness of pegylated interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin combination in chronic hepatitis C.
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[The diagnostic value of non-invasive biochemical biomarkers in alcohol abuse].
### Unlabelled The diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease, steatosis, fibrosis and alcoholic steatohepatitis…
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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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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.
In therapy with standard interferon and ribavirin, five independent risk factors (RF…
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GlycoFibroTest is a highly performant liver fibrosis biomarker derived from DNA sequencer-based serum protein glycomics.
Liver fibrosis is currently assessed by liver biopsy, a costly and rather…
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[The scope of clinical applications of noninvasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis results of orginial studies in a multi-field hospital].
…the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic viral liver infection.
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Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V Review
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Defining the Minimum Acceptable Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Fibrosis Testing in Cirrhosis: A Decision Analytic Modeling Study.
…noninvasive tests (NITs) compared to liver biopsy (LB) in diagnosing cirrhosis. Our…
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Non-invasive fibrosis tests to predict complications in compensated post-hepatitis C cirrhosis.
…We asked whether changes in noninvasive markers of fibrosis can predict liver…
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Diagnostic value of FibroTest with normal serum aminotransferases.
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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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The Higher Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic versus Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Alcoholics.
### Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of…
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Intermethod calibration of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) results: application to Fibrotest and Actitest scores.
…liver fibrosis or necro-inflammatory lesions as an alternative to liver biopsy…
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Comparison of noninvasive models of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Goals Liver fibrosis influences treatment and surveillance strategies in chronic…
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[The value of noninvasive serological markers in hepatitis B]. Review
Bloodless methods (serological and imaging) for evaluating hepatic fibrosis constitute a good…
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Prise en charge des personnes infectées par les virus de l’hépatite B ou de l’hépatite C — Rapport de recommandations 2014 Key publication
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[Results transferability on RXL, ARX, X-Pand, BN2 (Dade Behring) and modular DP (Roche Diagnostics) analysers: application to component assays of fibrotest and Actitest].
The follow up of patients with chronic liver diseases and the data…
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[Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-Actic-Test].
### Background Alpha2Macroglobulin (A2M) measure showed a revival since it was introduced into…
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Noninvasive prediction of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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[Hepatitis B virus genotypes and evolutionary markers in chronic HBsAG patients in Bujumbura].
…and at the Digestive and liver diseases Center "CEMADIF" between June 2013…
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A reference material for traceability of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) results.
Standardization of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) determination is highly desirable for inter-laboratory…
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Phase 3, Multicenter Open-Label study to investigate the efficacy of elbasvir and grazoprevir fixed-dose combination for 8 weeks in treatment-naïve, HCV GT1b-infected patients, with non-severe fibrosis.
### Background Genotype 1b is the most common HCV genotype worldwide, accounting for…
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