The application of proteomics to the discovery of biomarkers of diseases severity and prognosis in chronic liver disease

Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a major and growing healthcare burden but is asymptomatic until liver fibrosis is advanced. Antiviral therapy can cure 50% with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Accurate staging of fibrosis requires invasive liver biopsy; predicting response to antivirals pri...

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Main Author: Cowan, Matthew Lawson
Published: St George's, University of London 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568724