A Liver Biopsy Validation Pilot Study of Shear Wave Elastography, APRI, FIB-4, and Novel Serum Biomarkers for Liver Fibrosis Staging in Children With Chronic Viral Hepatitis
As liver biopsy in children poses inherent risks, noninvasive measures of liver fibrosis are needed. This was a cross-sectional, liver biopsy validation pilot study of 16 participants evaluating the ability of shear wave elastography, aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Global Pediatric Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X20938931 |