Scientific publications for BioPredictive non-invasive diagnostics
Peer-reviewed studies validating BioPredictive blood-test diagnostics for liver disease — from first-in-class development cohorts to long-term meta-analyses.
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Improved diagnostic accuracy of blood tests for severe fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Objective Blood tests are usually designed to identify significant fibrosis. We evaluated…
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Combination of blood tests for significant fibrosis and cirrhosis improves the assessment of liver-prognosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…For the prediction of first SLRE, most blood tests allowed higher prognostication…
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Evaluating the accuracy and increasing the reliable diagnosis rate of blood tests for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…of blood tests for significant liver fibrosis. ### Methods Five blood tests were…
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Comparison of nine blood tests and transient elastography for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: the ANRS HCEP-23 study.
### Background & Aims Blood tests and transient elastography (Fibroscan™) have been developed as…
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Comparison of liver fibrosis blood tests developed for HCV with new specific tests in HIV/HCV co-infection.
### Background & Aims We compared 5 non-specific and 2 specific blood tests…
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Comparison of accuracy of fibrosis degree classifications by liver biopsy and non-invasive tests in chronic hepatitis C.
…consensus reading by two experts) and blood tests, Metavir fibrosis (FM) stage…
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Comparison of test performance profile for blood tests of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background/Aims We evaluated the test performance profile (TPP) of blood tests…
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Reproducibility of blood tests of liver fibrosis in clinical practice.
…Blood tests are robust against the variability of composite blood variables.
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The combination of a blood test and Fibroscan improves the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis.
### Background And Aims Blood tests and liver stiffness evaluation (LSE) by ultrasonographic…
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Optimization and robustness of blood tests for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
### Objectives To optimize the performance and feasibility of fibrosis blood tests and…
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A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis.
The objective was to develop new blood tests to characterize different fibrosis…
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Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests.
…of cirrhosis by two usual blood tests. ### Methods Reliable diagnosis was mainly…
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Prospective evaluation of FibroTest®, FibroMeter®, and HepaScore® for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: comparison with hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Fibrosis blood tests have been validated in chronic hepatitis C…
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The risk of multiplying diagnostic combinations in the absence of a perfect gold standard for a fibrosis test.
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A new combination of blood test and fibroscan for accurate non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis stages in chronic hepatitis C.
…Blood fibrosis tests and Fibroscan are now widely used for the non…
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Contribution of the ELFG test in algorithms of non-invasive markers towards the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…using all available parameters and tests. ### Patients And Methods We used the…
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review.
### Background Many blood tests have been proposed as alternatives to liver biopsy…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest, SteatoTest and ActiTest in patients with NAFLD using the SAF score as histological reference.
### Background Blood tests of liver injury are less well validated in non…
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FibroStic: a large confirmatory study for non-invasive biomarkers accuracy, if correctly interpreted.
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Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications.
…disease with liver biopsy, blood fibrosis tests (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Fibrosis…
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Comparison of eight diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: new algorithms are more precise and entirely noninvasive.
…hepatitis C, liver biopsy, blood fibrosis tests, and FibroScan (the latter in…
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Two or more synchronous combination of noninvasive tests to increase accuracy of liver fibrosis assessement in chronic hepatitis C; results from a cohort of 446 patients.
…Non-invasive tests (NITs) have a number of advantages over the traditional…
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Diagnostic accuracy and prognostic significance of blood fibrosis tests and liver stiffness measurement by FibroScan in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
…We aimed to compare blood fibrosis tests and liver stiffness measurement (LSM…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C patients retreated for 96 weeks with antiviral therapy: a randomized study.
…Blood tests could be useful to assess liver fibrosis changes in clinical…
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A Single Test Combining Blood Markers and Elastography is More Accurate Than Other Fibrosis Tests in the Main Causes of Chronic Liver Diseases.
…Sixteen tests [13 blood tests, LSM (Fibroscan), 2 combined: FibroMeters] were evaluated…
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Including osteoprotegerin and collagen IV in a score-based blood test for liver fibrosis increases diagnostic accuracy.
…transient elastography (Fibroscan™) and blood tests (Fibrometer®, Fibrotest®, and Hepascore®). In this…
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Intra-laboratory analytical variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (Fibrotest) and activity (Actitest) and reference ranges in healthy blood donors.
Combinations of tests comprising alpha2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein Al, gamma-glutamyltransferase, total…
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Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy.
…Transient elastography (TE) and six blood tests were compared to histopathological fibrosis…
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The diagnostic performance of a simplified blood test (SteatoTest-2) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Key publication
### Background Serum biomarkers of steatosis such as the SteatoTest are recommended for…
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Combination of fibrosis tests: sequential or synchronous?
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
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Discordance between biochemical markers of liver activity and fibrosis (Actitest-Fibrotest) and liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…biopsy the limitations of two blood tests, Actitest and Fibrotest, for the…
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FibroTest-FibroSURE: towards a universal biomarker of liver fibrosis?
…These tests, which are now available in 12 countries, can facilitate the…
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Prospective noninvasive analysis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease: correlation of transient elastography and laboratory-based markers.
…Correlation of inflammatory markers and noninvasive liver fibrosis tests, respectively, was generally…
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Variability in definitions of transaminase upper limit of the normal impacts the APRI performance as a biomarker of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: "APRI c'est fini ?".
…is a validated, non-patented blood test for diagnosing fibrosis or cirrhosis…
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Systematic review with meta-analysis: direct comparisons of biomarkers for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C and B.
### Background Blood tests and transient elastography (TE), proposed as alternatives to biopsy…
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Performance of liver biomarkers, in patients at risk of nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis, according to presence of type-2 diabetes.
### Objective There is a controversy about the performance of blood tests for…
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Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…The aim was to summarize the diagnostic value of these tests from…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of chronic infection with Hepatitis C Virus.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver…
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Real-Time Shear Wave versus Transient Elastography for Predicting Fibrosis: Applicability, and Impact of Inflammation and Steatosis. A Non-Invasive Comparison.
…advanced fibrosis, as presumed by blood tests. ### Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01927133.
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Clinical and genetic definition of serum bilirubin levels for the diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome and hypobilirubinemia.
### Background And Aims Gilbert syndrome (GS) is genotypically predetermined by UGT1A1*28…
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FibroMAX: towards a new universal biomarker of liver disease?
…These tests, which are now available in 50 countries, can facilitate the…
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Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
…Predictive values of blood markers [FibroSURE, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet-ratio index…
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Fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
…commonly used blood- and imaging-based non-invasive tests, reviewing their diagnostic…
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Diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: are they ready to avoid liver biopsy?
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Improving estimation of liver fibrosis using combination and newer noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in hepatitis C-infected haemophilia patients.
…More accurate tests, like the FibroMeters, have recently been validated. The aim…
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Glycogenic hepatopathy.
…elevated liver enzymes in routine blood tests. GH usually regresses after tight…
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Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection Key publication
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LCR1 and LCR2, two multi-analyte blood tests to assess liver cancer risk in patients without or with cirrhosis. Key publication
### Background No blood test has been shown to be effective in the…
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Impact of quality control accepted inter-laboratory variations on calculated Fibrotest/Actitest scores for the non-invasive biochemical assessment of liver fibrosis.
…Thus, the diagnostic accuracy of these tests must be considered as low…
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Non-invasive Investigations for the Diagnosis of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease in Pediatric and Adult Fontan Patients.
…We hypothesized that specific tests for fibrosis developed for other chronic liver…
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The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as measured using non-invasive tests.
### Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in bariatric surgery candidates…
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Non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Clinical prediction rules and blood-based biomarkers.
…FibroTest®, ELF™ or Pro-C3 tests). In the clinical setting, biomarkers may…
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis.
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Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis.
Severe portal hypertension is responsible for complications and death. Although measurement of…
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Transient elastography alone and in combination with FibroTest® for the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease.
### Background & Aims The reliability of transient elastography (TE) to assess liver fibrosis…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nocturnal hypoxia, and endothelial function in patients with sleep apnea.
…including nonobese subjects. ### Methods Noninvasive blood tests (SteatoTest, NashTest, and FibroTest) were…
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Applicability and precautions of use of liver injury biomarker FibroTest. A reappraisal at 7 years of age.
…954 blood donors (P1), 7,494 healthy volunteers (P2), 345,695 consecutive…
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Noninvasive markers of fibrosis and inflammation in clinical practice: prospective comparison with liver biopsy.
…measurement [Fibroscan (FS)] and serum blood tests FT/AT performed before the…
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Assessment of asymptomatic liver fibrosis in alcoholic patients using fibroscan: prospective comparison with seven non-invasive laboratory tests. Key publication
…Fibroscan, Fibrotest, Fibrometer, Hepascore, APRI, PGA, PGAA and hyaluronic acid tests were…
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The non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
…serologic tests and imaging techniques. This narrative review presents the non-invasive…
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Prospective direct comparison of non-invasive liver tests in outpatients with type 2 diabetes using intention-to-diagnose analysis.
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Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…The diagnostic performance of these tests was assessed using receiver operating characteristic…
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Non-invasive diagnostic assessment tools for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected alcohol-related liver disease: a systematic review and economic evaluation.
…suspicion of ALD in whom blood tests have excluded other causes of…
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Molecular characteristics of Hepatitis B and chronic liver disease in a cohort of HB carriers from Bamako, Mali.
### Background Hepatitis B (HB) infection is common in Mali. However, there is…
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Liver fibrosis: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL). Key publication
Liver fibrosis is a common pathway leading to cirrhosis, which is the…
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Prospective external validation of a new non-invasive test for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes.
…liver disease by non-invasive blood tests, for each of the three…
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Validation of AshTest as a Non-Invasive Alternative to Transjugular Liver Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
…The blood test AshTest (BioPredictive, Paris, France) has been initially validated for…
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Long-term prognostic value of the FibroTest in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, compared to chronic hepatitis C, B, and alcoholic liver disease.
### Background Although the FibroTest has been validated as a biomarker to determine…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis and steatosis biomarkers in type-2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia.
### Background In cardiometabolic disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is frequent and…
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Noninvasive biomarkers for the screening of fibrosis, steatosis and steatohepatitis in patients with metabolic risk factors: FibroTest-FibroMax experience. Key publication
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The product of triglycerides and glucose as biomarker for screening simple steatosis and NASH in asymptomatic women.
### Unlabelled Introduction and aim. Given that early identification of non-alcoholic fatty…
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Serum apolipoprotein A1 and haptoglobin, in patients with suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) as biomarkers of recovery.
### Background There is a clear need for better biomarkers of drug-induced…
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Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis.
…There are many other tests that are not yet widely validated, but…
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LCR1 and LCR2, two multi-analyte blood tests to assess liver cancer risk in patients without or with cirrhosis.
### Background No blood test has been shown to be effective in the…
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Assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriasis patients: a prospective evaluation of four serum fibrosis markers.
### Background Low-dose oral methotrexate (MTX) is an effective immunosuppressive therapy for…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers.
### Background Liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals is mostly…
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American Association for the Study of the Liver
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EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis. Key publication
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Is it possible to predict HCV-related liver cirrhosis non-invasively through routine laboratory parameters?
…fibroscan), on a panel of blood tests and a proprietary algorithm (fibrotest…
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Impact of steatosis and inflammation definitions on the performance of NASH tests.
…concordance rates with previously validated blood tests. We reviewed the landmark studies…
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Assessment of allograft fibrosis by transient elastography and noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in liver transplant patients.
…of transient elastography (TE), biochemical tests, and more complex scores in determining…
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Retracted: Executive functions in chronic hepatitis C virus infected elderly patients.
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Comparative assessment of liver fibrosis by computerized morphometry in naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B and C.
### Background Liver fibrosis, now assessed by liver biopsy or using non-invasive…
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Comparison of FibroTest-ActiTest with histopathology in demonstrating fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B and C.
### Aims FibroTest and ActiTest are noninvasive tests used in determining the level…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
…Validated noninvasive tests (FibroMax: SteatoTest, NashTest and FibroTest) were used to assess…
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Successful treatment with telaprevir-based regimens for chronic hepatitis C results in significant improvements to serum markers of liver fibrosis.
…Scores from four biomarker tests, FibroTest, APRI, FIB-4 and Forns' Score…
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Optimized stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive liver fibrosis scores including Hepascore in hepatitis C virus patients.
### Background Non-invasive liver fibrosis scores such as Hepascore (HS) have been…
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Reproducibility of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers, FibroMeter and FibroTest, could be improved by respecting the analytical standardizations.
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Prevalence of steatosis and insulin resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B compared with chronic hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
### Unlabelled The association of NAFLD with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has been…
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Comparison of three algorithms of non-invasive markers of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Preliminary data suggest that performance of non-invasive markers for liver…
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Use of Non-invasive Testing to Stage Liver Fibrosis in Patients with HIV.
Patients with HIV have a proclivity to develop liver fibrosis, especially when…
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Altered serum N-glycomics in chronic hepatitis B patients.
…and is a non-invasive blood test for the diagnosis of liver…
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Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease in a group of Mexican children. A multicenter study.
### Introduction Identifying liver fibrosis is important to evaluate the severity of liver…
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FibroTest/Fibrosure for significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis.
### Objectives Extent of liver fibrosis is one of the most important factors…
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Comparison of non-invasive fibrosis markers and classical liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C.
The aim of this study was to compare the results of nine…
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Transient elastography and other noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis in patients with viral hepatitis.
…markers, ranging from routine laboratory tests to more complex algorithms or indices…
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Comparison of non-invasive assessment to diagnose liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B and C patients.
…We compared seven non-invasive tests, separately and in combination, in chronic…
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Impact of effective versus sham continuous positive airway pressure on liver injury in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from randomized trials.
### Background And Objective Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) could be an independent risk…
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Hepatotoxicity of tocilizumab and anakinra in rheumatoid arthritis: management decisions.
### Background Elevation of liver enzymes in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab…
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A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation.
### Background Chronic HCV is one of the major causes of morbidity and…
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Fibrotest or Fibroscan for evaluation of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with hepatitis C.
…of liver fibrosis using both tests. Nevertheless, the agreement between modalities was…
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Noninvasive, Blood-Based Biomarkers as Screening Tools for Hepatic Fibrosis in People With Type 2 Diabetes.
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Methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis: a 2008 update. Key publication
This review summarizes the methodological aspects of the interpretation of non-invasive…
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease biomarkers estimate cardiovascular risk based on coronary artery calcium score in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study with two independent cohorts.
…and ActiTest®) were determined from blood samples as scores and stages in…
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Usefulness of noninvasive tests in nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver.
### Background The only way to diagnose nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) is liver…
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Editorial: FibroTest to predict liver-related mortality in NAFLD. Should this change the diagnostic algorithm in NAFLD?
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Liver stiffness measurement and biochemical markers in Senegalese chronic hepatitis B patients with normal ALT and high viral load.
### Background And Aims Despite the high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB…
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Comparison of fatty liver index with noninvasive methods for steatosis detection and quantification.
…All subjects underwent anthropometric measurements and fasting blood tests. Evaluation of liver…
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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV--Review.
…on measurements of the relevant blood parameters (e.g. FibroTest, Fibrometer, APRI…
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Diagnostic performance of a new noninvasive test for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using a simplified histological reference.
…The new test was compared with standard tests, and applied in two…
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Hepatitis C virus viremia and low platelet count: a study in a hepatitis B & C endemic area in Taiwan.
### Background & Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been shown to be…
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Performance of 11 biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment in HIV/HBV co-infected patients.
### Background/Aims The aim of this study was to compare the performance…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
…As described in other liver disease, the diagnostic accuracy of such tests…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Between prediction/prevention of outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
…than other, more expensive non-invasive tests, such as elastography or FibroTest.
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Markers of Steatosis, NASH, and Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Monoinfected Individuals at Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Results From the ECHAM Study.
…Noninvasive tests of steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and fibrosis have been poorly…
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Diagnostic value of combined serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection: A multicenter, noninterventional, observational study.
…The combined use of tests also led to an increase in AUC…
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Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse and fibrotest in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant.
…concomitantly with ARFI and blood chemistry tests measurements needed to calculate several…
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Longitudinal assessment of hepatitis C fibrosis progression by collagen and smooth muscle actin morphometry in comparison to serum markers.
### Background Assessment of fibrosis progression in chronic liver disease relies upon non…
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Knowledge and practice regarding the German and the EASL-EASD-EASO NAFLD-guidelines among members of the German Obesity Society.
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Intra-individual fasting versus postprandial variation of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest).
BACKGROUND: Biochemical marker combinations, including alpha2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, gamma-glutamyl…
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Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis.
…liver biopsy. ### Results The noninvasive tests had a good correlation with the…
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Noninvasive Indirect Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholics.
…Platelet, and Hepascore in alcoholics. Blood samples were collected from a randomized…
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Evaluation of FibroTest-ActiTest in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
FibroTest-ActiTest (FT-AT) has been validated in adults with chronic hepatitis…
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Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus.
### Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of chronic liver…
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Transient Elastography for Assessment of Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis: An Evidence-Based Analysis.
### Background Liver fibrosis is a sign of advanced liver disease and is…
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Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with Fontan circulation using transient elastography and biochemical fibrosis markers.
### Objective Studies have shown that patients with failing Fontan circulation may develop…
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External Validation of LCR1-LCR2, a Multivariable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Calculator, in a Multiethnic Cohort of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B.
…LCR1-LCR2) is a multianalyte blood test combining proteins involved in liver…
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) biomarkers and progression of lower limb arterial calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study.
### Background Studies have demonstrated that both lower limb arterial calcification and metabolic…
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Performances of Elasto-FibroTest(®), a combination between FibroTest(®) and liver stiffness measurements for assessing the stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…EFT took into account the applicability of both tests, included two algorithms…
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Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients with hepatitis C: can you avoid liver biopsy?
…21, persistently normal liver function tests (LFTs)- 24, HCV/HIV co-infected…
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Performance of biomarkers FibroTest, ActiTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest in patients with severe obesity: meta analysis of individual patient data.
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing non…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using a noninvasive biomarker in patients with diabetes.
### Background & Aims Patients with diabetes are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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Analytical variability of the Fibrotest proteins.
### Objectives The analytical variability of the Fibrotest (FT) parameters raises the issue…
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Correlation between liver biopsy and fibrotest in the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Aim To assess the diagnostic value of Fibrotest in comparison with liver…
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Accuracy of prognostic serological biomarkers in predicting liver fibrosis severity in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a meta-analysis of over 40,000 participants.
### Introduction A prognostic model to predict liver severity in people with metabolic…
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Discordance between liver biopsy and FibroTest in assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims The FibroTest (FT) demonstrated excellent diagnostic performance in the…
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Biomarkers of liver fibrosis.
…No significant difference has been observed between the five patented tests. A…
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Early detection in routine clinical practice of cirrhosis and oesophageal varices in chronic hepatitis C: comparison of transient elastography (FibroScan) with standard laboratory tests and non-invasive scores.
…and Lok index). ### Methods All tests were performed the day of liver…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and biomarkers in alcohol-related liver disease. Review
…During the last decade, non-invasive tests have been developed to estimate…
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Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive techniques for liver fibrosis assessment in patients infected with HCV-genotype 4 in Egypt.
In Egypt, as elsewhere, liver biopsy (LB) remains the gold standard to…
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Study on noninvasive laboratory tests for fibrosis in chronic HBV infection and their evaluation.
### Background Noninvasive laboratory tests have been widely used in the diagnosis of…
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Accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Test vs FibroTest, Elastography, and Indirect Markers in Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease.
…elastography), and 6 indirect marker tests in detection of advanced liver fibrosis…
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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (SteatoTest) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Key publication
### Background Biopsy is the usual gold standard for liver steatosis assessment. The…
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Cost effectiveness of fibrosis assessment prior to treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients.
### Background And Aims Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) is a liver disease affecting…
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Prevalence of clinically significant liver disease within the general population, as defined by non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis: a systematic review.
…Non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis might provide a mechanism for earlier…
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Performance of serum apolipoprotein-A1 as a sentinel of Covid-19. Key publication
…outperformed haptoglobin and liver function tests. The adjusted risk ratio of apolipoprotein…
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection.
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Non-invasive diagnosis of large oesophageal varices with FibroTest in patients with cirrhosis: a preliminary retrospective study.
…had clinical examination, blood sample (liver function tests, platelet count, FibroTest) and…
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Clinical Interest of Serum Alpha-2 Macroglobulin, Apolipoprotein A1, and Haptoglobin in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, with and without Type 2 Diabetes, before or during COVID-19.
In patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with or without…
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External validation of LCR1-LCR2, a multivariable HCC risk calculator, in patients with chronic HCV.
…We constructed and internally validated a new multianalyte blood test to assess…
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Screening for liver fibrosis by using FibroScan(®) and FibroTest in patients with diabetes.
### Background Patients with diabetes are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease…
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Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background Aims Liver biopsy is the gold standard for assessing hepatitis B…
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Hepatitis B: are non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis reliable?
Liver biopsy, which was traditionally considered to be the gold standard for…
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Study of FibroTest and hyaluronic acid biological variation in healthy volunteers and comparison of serum hyaluronic acid biological variation between chronic liver diseases of different etiology and fibrotic stage using confidence intervals.
### Objectives Personalized ranges of liver fibrosis serum biomarkers such as FibroTest or…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.
### Background An accurate diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver lesions…
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Fibrotest-Actitest: the biochemical marker of liver fibrosis--the Israeli experience.
…the central laboratory performing the tests within 4 hours. Six parameters were…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis.
### Background The prognosis and management of chronic liver diseases greatly depend on…
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Serum bile acid levels as a predictor for the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Serum bile acids (SBAs) are commonly elevated in cholestatic liver diseases, but…
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Non-invasive evaluation of response to obeticholic acid in patients with NASH: Results from the REGENERATE study.
…Non-invasive tests (NITs) are increasingly being used to identify and stage…
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Childhood/adult-onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency: A serious metabolic and vascular phenotype beyond liver disease-four new pediatric cases.
…Liver histology was assessed by the noninvasive tests FibroScan and FibroTest and…
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Liver stiffness measurement in children using FibroScan: feasibility study and comparison with Fibrotest, aspartate transaminase to platelets ratio index, and liver biopsy.
…7 years) could have noninvasive tests for fibrosis: FibroScan, Fibrotest, and APRI…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis with transient elastography and FibroTest in patients treated with methotrexate for chronic inflammatory diseases: a case-control study.
### Background & Aims Although methotrexate (MTX) is used in the effective treatment of…
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Liver fibrosis markers in alcoholic liver disease.
…Several noninvasive laboratory tests have been used to assess liver fibrosis in…
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Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis.
…Serum tests are informative in a higher proportion of patients than transient…
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Development and validation of a nomogram based on clinical factors and standard laboratory tests for prediction of clinically significant liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
…For nil-mild fibrosis, the two tests showed limited but comparable performances…
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Predictive value of biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis in adult Fontan patients.
…We sought to determine whether these tests could identify Fontan patients with…
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Prospective analysis of discordant results between biochemical markers and biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background The FibroTest and ActiTest are noninvasive biochemical markers of liver injury…
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Comparison of Fibrotest and PGAA for the diagnosis of fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
…the results of four laboratory tests (prothrombin time, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, apolipoprotein…
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Comparative diagnostic study of biomarkers using FibroMax™ and pathology for prediction of liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: an Egyptian study.
### Background Steatosis is common in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection…
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Diagnostic performance of FibroTest-ActiTest, transient elastography, and the fibrosis-4 index in patients with autoimmune hepatitis using histological reference.
### Background Noninvasive tests are crucial for the management and follow-up of…
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Guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis B infection
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Clinical applicability of non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (Letter)
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Validation of the Performance of A1HPV6, a Triage Blood Test for the Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
### Background And Aims Apolipoprotein A1 (A1) and haptoglobin (HP) serum levels are…
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Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.
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Comparison of liver stiffness, fibrotest and liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in kidney-transplant patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
To assess the accuracy of the noninvasive tools, fibrotest (FT) and liver…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: are we ready?
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Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis.
…In recent years, the development of non-invasive tests of fibrosis allows…
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Interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 in chronic hepatitis C: Correlations with insulin resistance, histological features & sustained virological response.
### Background & Objectives One of the multiple factors contributing to virological response in…
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An update on the management of hepatitis C: consensus guidelines from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver. Key publication
Chronic hepatitis C remains a significant medical and economic burden in Canada…
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An evaluation of the potential cost-effectiveness of non-invasive testing strategies in the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis.
### Background And Aim To assess the clinical and economic outcomes of non…
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Comparison of elastography, serum marker scores, and histology for the assessment of liver fibrosis in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients in Burkina Faso.
Liver fibrosis (LF) must be assessed before talking treatment decisions in hepatitis…
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Awareness of the severity of liver disease re-examined using software-combined biomarkers of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity.
…similar availability of validated fibrosis tests, but with different policies, as France…
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FibroTest-ActiTest as a non-invasive marker of liver fibrosis. Key publication
FibroTest (FT) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis initially validated in patients…
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Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in Egyptian children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection using FibroTest and ActiTest.
### Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis…
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Prospective validation of ELF test in comparison with Fibroscan and FibroTest to predict liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and FibroTest (FT) are frequently…
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Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer-based total serum protein glycomics.
We applied our 'clinical glycomics' technology, based on DNA sequencer/fragment analyzers…
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Commentary: prognostication of chronic hepatitis B - are Fibrotest and Fibroscan the final answers? Authors' reply.
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Validation of noninvasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest) for prediction of liver injury in patients with morbid obesity.
…Weighted AUROCs of the tests were as follows (mean, 95% confidence interval…
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Letter: APRI and FIB-4 do not correlate with Fibrosure in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
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Discovery of novel biomarker candidates for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: a preliminary study.
…These five novel fibrosis markers which are secreted in blood showed a…
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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and risk factors in a general population using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest).
### Background FibroTest and elastography have been validated as biomarkers of liver fibrosis…
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EASL clinical practical guidelines: management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Three Neglected STARD Criteria Reduce the Uncertainty of the Liver Fibrosis Biomarker FibroTest-T2D in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).
…the widespread use of fibrosis tests in patients with metabolic liver disease…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis in transplant recipients with recurrent HCV infection: usefulness of transient elastography.
### Background Progression of recurrent hepatitis C is accelerated in liver transplant recipients…
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Liver fibrosis in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients: relation to hepatitis C virus and compliance with chelation.
### Background The main causes of liver fibrosis in transfusion-dependent thalassemia major…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population.
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Independent prospective multicenter validation of biochemical markers (fibrotest-actitest) for the prediction of liver fibrosis and activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C: the fibropaca study.
### Objectives Fibrotest (FT) and Actitest (AT) are biochemical markers of fibrosis and…
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Coffee and Caffeine Are Associated With Decreased Risk of Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Among Patients With Hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Coffee or caffeine has been proposed to protect against hepatic…
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Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease.
…The same day, blood samples for Fibrotest were performed. ### Results A total…
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Diagnostic and prognostic values of noninvasive biomarkers of fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Key publication
FibroTest has been validated as a biomarker of fibrosis in patients with…
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FibroTest and Fibroscan performances revisited in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Impact of the spectrum effect and the applicability rate.
### Background Two widely used biomarkers of fibrosis, FibroTest and liver stiffness measurement…
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The Diagnostic Value of FibroTest and Hepascore as Non-Invasive Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC).
…p_ < 0.001 for both tests) and higher values in patients with…
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Pharmacotherapeutic efficacy on noninvasive fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Review
…efficacy reproduced across multiple endpoints, both via elastography and noninvasive blood tests.
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (FibroTest-FibroSURE) for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
…study (Group 2) and 954 blood donors as controls. Fibrosis was assessed…
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…compares favorably with other noninvasive tests for the presence of significant liver…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis.
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is a major public health problem associated…
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Toward non-invasive assessment strategies in autoimmune hepatitis.
…elevated results with non-invasive tests. A Bayesian latent class model further…
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FibroSURE and FibroScan in relation to treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus.
### Aim To compare histological endpoint assessment using noninvasive alternatives to biopsy during…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of portal hypertension.
Compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) describes the spectrum of advanced fibrosis…
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Concordance in a world without a gold standard: a new non-invasive methodology for improving accuracy of fibrosis markers.
### Background Assessing liver fibrosis is traditionally performed by biopsy, an imperfect gold…
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The risks of changing the rules for previously validated biomarkers and using the same patients several times. Response letter to Calès et al. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2008;32:1050-60: "Evaluation and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests".
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of fibrosis marker panels in patients with HIV/hepatitis C coinfection.
### Background Accurately staging hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related fibrosis is crucial for…
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Higher serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males.
…male veterans with chronic HCV. Blood samples were obtained to measure total…
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Prospective comparison of two algorithms combining non-invasive methods for staging liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background & Aims Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis is a challenging area…
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Liver fibrosis: noninvasive assessment with acoustic radiation force impulse elastography--comparison with FibroScan M and XL probes and FibroTest in patients with chronic liver disease.
### Purpose To compare the diagnostic performance of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI…
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Evaluation of FibroTest inter-laboratory variations requires standardization on analytical systems and should not be mixed with underpowered histological validation.
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Biomarkers for liver disease in urea cycle disorders.
### Background Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are among the most common inborn errors…
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Proficiency of transient elastography compared to liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients.
Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive technique to evaluate liver fibrosis. We…
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Optimal correlation between different instruments for Fibrotest-Actitest protein measurement in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Objectives Combination of alpha 2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein-A1, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase…
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Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action. Review
Traditionally a disease of hepatologists, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has recently…
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The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices.
Emerging data indicate that all-oral antiviral treatments for chronic hepatitis C…
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Hepatitis C guidance: AASLD-IDSA recommendations for testing, managing, and treating adults infected with hepatitis C virus. Key publication
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FibroSURE as a noninvasive marker of liver fibrosis and inflammation in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background Noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis have not been extensively studied in…
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Screening studies of transient elastography and FibroTest in the general population - Authors' reply.
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Prospective validation of FibroTest in comparison with liver stiffness for predicting liver fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims Diagnostic values of FibroTest (FT) for hepatic fibrosis have…
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EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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Non-invasive diagnosis of steatosis, inflammatory changes and liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Pilot study.
…ultrasound examination), using non-invasive tests: SteatoTest, ActiTest and FibroTest. We compared…
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Prospective comparison of transient elastography, Fibrotest, APRI, and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background And Aims Transient elastography (FibroScan; Echosens, Paris, France) is a novel…
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Noninvasive procedures to evaluate liver involvement in HIV-1 vertically infected children.
### Objectives : Progressive liver injury is a concern in HIV-infected children exposed…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of liver steatosis using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography.
…had steatosis diagnosis using CAP, blood sample and liver biopsy. Steatosis was…
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Complex non-invasive fibrosis models are more accurate than simple models in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
### Background And Aim Significant hepatic fibrosis is prognostic of liver morbidity and…
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Applicability and variability of liver stiffness measurements according to probe position.
### Aim To investigate the liver stiffness measurement (LSM) applicability and variability with…
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Noninvasive diagnosis in alcohol-related liver disease. Review
### Background Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) represents a major cause of death…
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FibroTest is effective in patients with normal transaminases, when accuracy is standardized on fibrosis stage prevalence.
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Noninvasive prediction of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis: a comparison with historical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Objectives Liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C is related to sex, age…
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Validation of Ten Noninvasive Diagnostic Models for Prediction of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
### Background And Aims Noninvasive models have been developed for fibrosis assessment in…
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ActiTest accuracy for the assessment of histological activity grades in patients with chronic hepatitis C, an overview using Obuchowski measure.
…To avoid repeated tests and the spectrum effect of activity grades prevalence…
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Real-time tissue elastography versus FibroScan for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease.
### Purpose Transient elastography (FibroScan, [TE]) and serum fibrosis markers such as the…
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Meta-analyses of FibroTest diagnostic value in chronic liver disease.
### Background FibroTest (FT) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis initially validated in…
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Effect of antiviral treatment on serum markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: the Fibrovic 2 Study - ANRS HC02.
### Background Non-invasive liver fibrosis scores have been proposed as alternatives to…
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Review article: the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- availability and accuracy of non-invasive methods.
### Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a wide spectrum of…
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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
### Background/Aims The aim was to identify a panel of biomarkers (AshTest…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis: noninvasive means.
Liver biopsy, owing to its limitations and risks, is an imperfect gold…
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Liver biopsy: the best standard...when everything else fails.
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Effects of patient factors on noninvasive liver stiffness measurement using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Previous research has shown variation in the effects of patient factors…
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Validation of biochemical markers for the prediction of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Liver biopsy is an imperfect gold standard for assessing the disease…
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First-line assessment of patients with chronic liver disease with non-invasive techniques and without recourse to liver biopsy.
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Non-invasive measurement of liver and pancreas fibrosis in patients with cystic fibrosis.
…TE, ARFI-imaging and fibrosis blood tests. ### Methods 106 patients with CF…
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Input of serum haptoglobin fucosylation profile in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-cirrhotic liver disease.
…alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) or recent blood tests for HCC detection, i.e…
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Evolution of biomarkers of liver fibrosis and liver insufficiency in hepatitis C virus-infected patients treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin and rituximab.
Therapeutic options in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related vasculitis may target the…
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Biomarkers as a first-line estimate of injury in chronic liver diseases: time for a moratorium on liver biopsy?
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[Results transferability on RXL, ARX, X-Pand, BN2 (Dade Behring) and modular DP (Roche Diagnostics) analysers: application to component assays of fibrotest and Actitest].
The follow up of patients with chronic liver diseases and the data…
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Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (NashTest) for the prediction of non alcoholo steato hepatitis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Key publication
### Background Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for assessing histologic lesions…
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An accurate definition of the status of inactive hepatitis B virus carrier by a combination of biomarkers (FibroTest-ActiTest) and viral load. Key publication
### Background The combination of transaminases (ALT), biopsy, HBeAg and viral load have…
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Relative performances of FibroTest, Fibroscan, and biopsy for the assessment of the stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a step toward the truth in the absence of a gold standard.
### Background & Aims Liver fibrosis stage is traditionally assessed with biopsy, an imperfect…
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A randomized controlled trial of high-dose ursodesoxycholic acid for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
### Background & Aims Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a prevalent liver disease associated with…
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Diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan and comparison to liver fibrosis biomarkers in chronic viral hepatitis: a multicenter prospective study (the FIBROSTIC study).
### Background & Aims The diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver fibrosis tests that…
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A prospective assessment of an 'a la carte' regimen of PEG-interferon alpha2b and ribavirin combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C using biochemical markers.
In therapy with standard interferon and ribavirin, five independent risk factors (RF…
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Systematic review: Investigating the prognostic performance of four non-invasive tests in alcohol-related liver disease.
…Non-invasive tests (NITs) are increasingly used to detect fibrosis, but their…
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Non-invasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year survival of patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus.
### Background Liver stiffness and non-invasive tests predict overall survival in chronic…
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Effective use of FibroTest to generate decision trees in hepatitis C.
### Aim To assess the usefulness of FibroTest to forecast scores by constructing…
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Predicting significant fibrosis in hepatitis C patients in Luxembourg using serological markers.
### Objective The aim of our study was to assess the diagnostic performance…
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PNPLA3 polymorphism influences liver fibrosis in unselected patients with type 2 diabetes.
### Context Recently, it has been shown that an allele in the adiponutrin…
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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis.
…age, sex, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests evaluating pancreas function, parameters of liver…
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Biological markers of liver fibrosis and activity as non-invasive alternatives to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis.
…The other non-invasive biological tests were not influenced by serum inflammation…
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Novel Biomarkers of Grade I Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.
**Background/Objectives**: Prior research has identified a significant association between heart disease…
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The use of transient elastography and FibroTest for monitoring hepatotoxicity in patients receiving methotrexate for psoriasis.
…abnormalities in at least 2 tests (serial PIIINP, TE, or FibroTest) are…
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Poynard T, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M
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The role of the non-invasive serum marker FibroTest-ActiTest in the prediction of histological stage of fibrosis and activity in children with naïve chronic hepatitis B infection.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the non-invasive…
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Antrodia cinnamomea Mycelium in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
…During each study visit, subjects underwent anthropometric measurements and blood testing for…
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Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…F0-F1 by non-invasive tests. (2) A slightly modified algorithm had…
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Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Myers RP, Di Martino V, Thabut D, Moussalli J, Benhamou Y
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[Prognosis assessment of alcoholic liver disease: how and why?].
…Non-invasive methods such as biomarker tests (e.g. FibroTest(®) or FibroMetre…
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Comparison of non-invasive liver fibrosis biomarkers in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: the fibrovic study--ANRS HC02.
### Background/Aims To compare non-invasive biological liver fibrosis scores, as alternatives…
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A prospective assessment of the inter-laboratory variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest) in patients with chronic liver disease.
…Our aim was to assess the inter-laboratory variability of these tests…
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Noninvasive methods, including transient elastography, for the detection of liver disease in adults with cystic fibrosis.
### Background Liver disease is the third leading cause of mortality in patients…
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Non-invasive evaluation of the liver disease severity in children with chronic viral hepatitis using FibroTest and ActiTest - comparison with histopathological assessment.
### Aim Of The Study Was to evaluate liver disease severity in children…
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Prospective comparison of six non-invasive scores for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background/Aims Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis have recently been developed…
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Factors to improve the management of hepatitis C in drug users: an observational study in an addiction centre.
Barriers to management of HCV in injection drug users are related to…
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FibroTest (FT) has similar accuracy for cirrhosis in 'intention-to-diagnose' which is superior to transient elastography (TE) in chronic hepatitis B.
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Noninvasive biomarkers FibroTest and ActiTest versus liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C patients: the Middle East experience.
…Voluntary blood donors (n=106) were taken as controls for the study…
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Comparison of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging with transient elastography for the detection of complications in patients with cirrhosis.
### Background Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging is a new non-invasive…
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Validation of the FibroTest biochemical markers score in assessing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients.
### Background Determining the stage of fibrosis by liver biopsy is important in…
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The predictive value of Fibrotest vs. APRI for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
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Real-world efficacy and safety of ombitasvir, paritaprevir/r+dasabuvir+ribavirin in genotype 1b patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
### Background Direct antiviral agents (DAA) showed very good results in terms of…
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Utility of noninvasive methods for the characterization of nonalcoholic liver steatosis in the family practice. The "VARES" Italian multicenter study.
The diagnostic utilities of ultrasonography (US), fatty liver index (FLI) and an…
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[Biomarkers for liver fibrosis: advances, advantages and disadvantages].
Liver cirrhosis in Mexico is one of the most important causes of…
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Transient elastography and biomarkers for liver fibrosis assessment and follow-up of inactive hepatitis B carriers.
### Background Non invasive methods for fibrosis evaluation remain to be validated longitudinally…
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Assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis in PBC with FibroScan, MRI, MR-spectroscopy, and serum markers.
### Background In recent years noninvasive methods have been evaluated for the assessment…
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Prognostic value of liver fibrosis biomarkers: a meta-analysis.
### Aims And Methods Several serum biomarkers such as FibroTest, aspartate transaminase-platelet…
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Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
### Background & Aims The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Key publication
…for eligibility, and took a blood sample on the day of the…
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Hepatic and renal end-organ damage in the Fontan circulation: A report from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry.
### Background Hepatic and renal dysfunction have been observed in survivors of the…
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Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis by transient elastography and biochemical markers in elderly inpatients.
### Aim The objective of this study was to evaluate liver fibrosis using…
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Prediction for steatosis in type-2 diabetes: clinico-biological markers versus 1H-MR spectroscopy.
### Objectives The SteatoTest, fatty liver index (FLI) and hepatic steatosis index (HSI…
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Biochemical markers of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a comparison with prothrombin time, platelet count, and age-platelet index.
As an alternative to liver biopsy, an index of five biochemical markers…
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Value of two noninvasive methods to detect progression of fibrosis among HCV carriers with normal aminotransferases.
The course of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection carriers with normal/near…
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Prognostic value of the combined use of transient elastography and fibrotest in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
### Background & Aims Liver stiffness (LS) measurement using transient elastography and the FibroTest…
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Variability of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves in the diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers: impact of biopsy length and fragmentation.
### Background The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is widely…
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Management of the patient with SVR. Review
In the current era of therapy with direct-acting antiviral (DAAs) drugs…
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Impact of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on long-term cardiovascular events and death in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD…
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Intermethod calibration of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) results: application to Fibrotest and Actitest scores.
Two multi-component scores (Fibrotest and Actitest) have been proposed to evaluate…
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Role of Non-hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV.
### Background Medical comorbidities and functional status limitations are determinants of mortality in…
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The impact of liver disease aetiology and the stages of hepatic fibrosis on the performance of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers: an international study of 2411 cases.
### Background Performance of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers may be influenced by aetiology…
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Screening for liver disease using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest and NashTest) in patients with hyperlipidaemia.
…1909 hyperlipidaemic patients and 925 blood donors (BD). Advanced fibrosis was identified…
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Noninvasive evaluation of NAFLD.
A common clinical concern in patients with NAFLD is whether they have…
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HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at high risk of development of significant liver fibrosis after an episode of acute hepatitis C.
Acute hepatitis C virus infection remains a major health concern in human…
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Hepatitis C in 6,865 patients 65 yr or older: a severe and neglected curable disease?
### Background Few data are available on chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in elderly…
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The diagnostic value of combining carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, fibrosis, and steatosis biomarkers for the prediction of excessive alcohol consumption.
### Background And Aim The validity of biomarkers of excessive alcohol drinking (EAD…
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Impact of adefovir dipivoxil on liver fibrosis and activity assessed with biochemical markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) in patients infected by hepatitis B virus. Key publication
The aim was to assess the utility of FibroTest-ActiTest (FT-AT…
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Staging chronic hepatitis B into seven categories, defining inactive carriers and assessing treatment impact using a fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest®) and elastography (FibroScan®).
### Background & Aims The first aim was to extend the validation of FibroTest…
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Noninvasive Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B.
A serum biomarker (FibroTest; Biopredictive, Paris, France; FibroSure; LabCorp, Burlington, USA) and…
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EASL clinical practice guidelines: Management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
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Severity of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease Correlates with Fontan Hemodynamics.
Fontan-palliated patients are at risk for the development of Fontan-associated…
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Low 25-OH vitamin D serum levels correlate with severe fibrosis in HIV-HCV co-infected patients with chronic hepatitis.
### Background & Aims Recent findings in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-monoinfected patients have…
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Non-cirrhotic thrombocytopenic patients with hepatitis C virus: Characteristics and outcome of antiviral therapy.
### Background And Aim Thrombocytopenia is frequently observed in patients with chronic hepatitis…
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Prevalence of liver cirrhosis in individuals with hepatitis B virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Review
### Background & Aims Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection accounts for 30%-50…
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[Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-Actic-Test].
### Background Alpha2Macroglobulin (A2M) measure showed a revival since it was introduced into…
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Improved inflammatory activity with peginterferon alfa-2b maintenance therapy in non-cirrhotic prior non-responders: a randomized study.
### Background & Aims Therapeutic options for patients failing hepatitis C retreatment are limited…
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Liver fibrosis regression and progression during controlled hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-HBV patients treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in France: a prospective cohort study.
### Introduction Long-term tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) use has been associated with…
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Ministère des Affaires Sociales et de la Santé Key publication
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