Suboptimal performance of simple noninvasive tests for advanced fibrosis in Chinese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
โ Scribed by Xun, Yun Hao; Fan, Jian Gao; Zang, Guo Qing; Liu, Hong; Jiang, Yan Ming; Xiang, Jing; Huang, Qian; Shi, Jun Ping
- Book ID
- 119874192
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1751-2972
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## Background & aims: There is a need for a reliable and inexpensive noninvasive marker of hepatic fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). we compared the performance of the fib4 index (based on age, aspartate aminotransferase [ast] and alanine aminotransferase [alt] lev
Serum ferritin (SF) levels are commonly elevated in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) because of systemic inflammation, increased iron stores, or both. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between elevated SF and NAFLD severity. Demographic, clinical, histologic