Serum surrogate markers of liver fibrosis in primary biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by Argiro Voumvouraki; Mairi Koulentaki; George Notas; Ourania Sfakianaki; Elias Kouroumalis
- Book ID
- 116432478
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 553 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0953-6205
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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is sometimes diagnosed based on a positive antimitochondrial antibody in the appropriate clinical setting without a liver biopsy. Although a liver biopsy can assess the extent of liver fibrosis and provide prognostic information, serum fibrosis markers avoid biopsy co
To evaluate serum hyaluronate as a marker for progressive liver injury in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, a longitudinal study including 48 patients was conducted with a mean follow-up time of 40 months. The patients were examined every 6 months with a standardized set of conventional liver