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Is there an association between commonly employed biomarkers of liver fibrosis and liver stiffness in the general population?

Authors :
Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe
Domenicali, Marco
Giacomoni, Pierluigi
Dall’Aglio, Anna Chiara
Conti, Fabio
Borghi, Alberto
Bevilacqua, Vittoria
Napoli, Lucia
Mirici, Federica
Cucchetti, Alessandro
Ercolani, Giorgio
Gardini, Andrea Casadei
Bellentani, Stefano
Gastaldelli, Amalia
Giuffrè, Mauro
Tiribelli, Claudio
Bedogni, Giorgio
Source :
Annals of Hepatology; July-August 2020, Vol. 19 Issue: 4 p380-387, 8p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Surrogate biomarkers of liver fibrosis developed in tertiary care are increasingly used in general populations. We evaluated the association between liver stiffness (LS) and five continuous (AST/ALT, APRI, Forns Index, FIB-4, GGT) and two discrete biomarkers (BARD, BAAT) in a general population.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16652681
Volume :
19
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Annals of Hepatology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs53227662
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aohep.2020.04.003