2010•Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis SunyatseniRequires access
Staging of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with a composite predictive model:A comparative study
Wu, Sheng-Di, Wang, Ji-Yao, Li, Lei Lei
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Abstract
AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of 6 noninvasive liver fibrosis models and to identify the most valuable model for the prediction of liver fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis B(CHB) patients.METHODS:Seventy-eight CHB patients were consecutively enrolled in this study.Liver biopsy was performed and blood serum was obtained at admission.Histological diagnosis was made according to the METAVIR system.Significant fibrosis was defined as stage score ≥ 2,severe fibrosis as stage score ≥ 3.The diagnostic accuracy of ...