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Transient elastography is unreliable for detection of cirrhosis in patients with acute liver damage

✍ Scribed by Ze-Zhou Song

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 52 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22440

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✦ Synopsis

We read with interest the article by Charlton et al. 1 The authors observe that levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) are significantly lower in patients with histologically advanced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), as compared with patients with simple, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). DHEA levels exert a good sensitivity and specificity in discriminating patients with more advanced histological disease, as shown by the receiver operating characteristic analysis.

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