Combining liver stiffness with hyaluronic acid provides superior prognostic performance in chronic hepatitis C.
BACKGROUND:Non-invasive methods are the first choice for liver fibrosis evaluation in chronic liver diseases, but few studies investigate the ability of combined methods to predict outcomes. METHODS:591 chronic hepatitis C patients with baseline liver stiffness (LSM) by FibroScan and hyaluronic acid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212036 |