Albumin platelet product as a novel score for liver fibrosis stage and prognosis

Abstract Fibrosis-4 index, a conventional biomarker for liver fibrosis stage, is confounded by age and hepatitis activity grade. The current retrospective multicenter study aimed to formulate the novel indices of liver fibrosis by mathematically combining items of peripheral blood examination and to...

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Main Authors: Koji Fujita, Kazumi Yamasaki, Asahiro Morishita, Tingting Shi, Joji Tani, Noriko Nishiyama, Hideki Kobara, Takashi Himoto, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Tsutomu Masaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84719-3