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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Cost effectiveness of fibrosis assessment prior to treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients.
…For genotypes 2 and 3, treatment is more effective and less costly…
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Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection Key publication
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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
…increased probability of spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance have been identified…
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection.
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Changes of non-invasive markers and FibroScan values during HCV treatment.
…The study population consisted of 416 patients, of whom 112 started treatment…
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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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EASL clinical practice guidelines: Management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
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Potent viral suppression and improvements in alpha-fetoprotein and measures of fibrosis in Japanese patients receiving a daclatasvir/asunaprevir/beclabuvir fixed-dose combination for the treatment of HCV genotype-1 infection.
…Statistically significant post-treatment reductions from baseline were observed for all fibrosis…
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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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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.
…FibroTest and ActiTest assessed the impact of treatment on the histological features…
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Guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis B infection
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The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices.
…Coinciding with new treatment options are novel methodologies for disease screening and…
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Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in patients with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1-6 and compensated cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis.
…Sustained virological response 12 weeks after treatment was determined. ### Results Forty-four…
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Successful treatment with telaprevir-based regimens for chronic hepatitis C results in significant improvements to serum markers of liver fibrosis.
…We sought to quantify whether liver health improves following successful treatment with…
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Improved inflammatory activity with peginterferon alfa-2b maintenance therapy in non-cirrhotic prior non-responders: a randomized study.
…192 patients had missing post-treatment biopsies and were considered as having…
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Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.
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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.
…yet been approved for the treatment for acute hepatitis C virus(HCV…
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Non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of chronic infection with Hepatitis C Virus.
…Fibrometer® >0.78 prior to treatment initiation. After reaching sustained virologic response…
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Biomarkers of liver injury for hepatitis clinical trials: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
…hepatitis C and B, the treatment effect on fibrosis progression rate was…
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A randomized controlled trial of high-dose ursodesoxycholic acid for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
…There were no safety issues in this population. ### Conclusions Treatment with HD…
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American Association for the Study of the Liver
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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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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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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C patients retreated for 96 weeks with antiviral therapy: a randomized study.
…efficiency of 2 years of treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a vs alpha…
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Hepatitis C in 6,865 patients 65 yr or older: a severe and neglected curable disease?
…ALT than in younger patients. Treatment is effective. Biochemical markers seem particularly…
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Methotrexate in psoriasis: a systematic review of treatment modalities, incidence, risk factors and monitoring of liver toxicity.
…There were no studies focusing directly on the question of MTX treatment…
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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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Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action. Review
…However, recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, combined with the risk of…
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Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive techniques for liver fibrosis assessment in patients infected with HCV-genotype 4 in Egypt.
…required to decide whether a treatment should be proposed. Many of its…
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Noninvasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…after they were adjusted for treatment response, patient age, and estimates of…
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Real-world efficacy and safety of ombitasvir, paritaprevir/r+dasabuvir+ribavirin in genotype 1b patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
…weeks post-treatment (SVR12). ### Results Forty patients stopped the treatment because of…
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Hepatotoxicity of tocilizumab and anakinra in rheumatoid arthritis: management decisions.
…Similarly, the factors involved in decisions regarding discontinuation of treatment and outcome…
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Impact of effective versus sham continuous positive airway pressure on liver injury in obstructive sleep apnoea: Data from randomized trials.
…The impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on non-invasive…
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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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FibroSURE and FibroScan in relation to treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus.
…FibroSURE™ (FS) was assessed at baseline and at week-12 post-treatment…
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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.
…and for chronic hepatitis B treatment and quantified using time-dependent Cox…
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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.
…Here, we aimed to assess the effect of antiviral treatment on non…
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Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin.
…serum sample before and after treatment were selected. Two hundred eight patients…
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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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Profiles of liver fibrosis evolution during long-term tenofovir treatment in HIV-positive patients coinfected with hepatitis B.
…virus (HBV) co-infection during treatment. We identified profiles of liver fibrosis…
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients infected by hepatitis C virus: longitudinal validation in a randomized trial.
…stored serum sample before IFN treatment were selected. Seventy-eight patients received…
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Assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriasis patients: a prospective evaluation of four serum fibrosis markers.
…the remission-induction phase of treatment with MTX to those of patients…
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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
…These estimates should be considered when planning HBV treatment strategies and resource…
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Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
Although most hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are acquired by injection drug…
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Non-invasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predict 5-year survival of patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus.
…activity presumed by ActiTest and treatment. ### Conclusions Liver stiffness measurement or FibroTest…
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Comparison of noninvasive models of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
### Background And Goals Liver fibrosis influences treatment and surveillance strategies in chronic…
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Childhood/adult-onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency: A serious metabolic and vascular phenotype beyond liver disease-four new pediatric cases.
…Before enzyme replacement therapy, statins were the standard treatment to improve the…
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An independent and prospective comparison of two commercial fibrosis marker panels (HCV FibroSURE and FIBROSpect II) during albinterferon alfa-2b combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
Noninvasive markers that accurately follow changes in fibrosis may provide alternatives to…
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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 impact of treatment with ADV vs placebo was assessed on liver…
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Late presentation of chronic viral hepatitis for medical care: a consensus definition.
…F3) with no previous antiviral treatment. Late stage liver disease caused by…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Between prediction/prevention of outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
…In addition, hepatic stiffness may also help to prognosticate treatment response to…
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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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Is it possible to predict HCV-related liver cirrhosis non-invasively through routine laboratory parameters?
…the main indication for urgent treatment and paradoxically a factor predicting a…
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Antrodia cinnamomea Mycelium in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
…Complicated syndromes often accompanied by obesity and diabetes makes no standard treatment…
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Blood tests to diagnose fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
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EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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Fibromax-based nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Methodological considerations.
…Among the main findings, the absence of OSA treatment emerged as independently…
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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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Awareness of the severity of liver disease re-examined using software-combined biomarkers of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity.
### Background Effective antiviral treatment (direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs)), the requirement for…
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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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Slow regression of liver fibrosis presumed by repeated biomarkers after virological cure in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…of fibrosis before and after treatment. Using biopsy as reference, FibroTest™ has…
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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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EASL clinical practical guidelines: management of alcoholic liver disease.
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Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus.
…HCV-RNA negative after successful treatment, HCV-RNA negative after spontaneous elimination…
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Proficiency of transient elastography compared to liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients.
…with normal ALT under antiretroviral treatment including HBV active drugs, TE was…
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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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Validation of AshTest as a Non-Invasive Alternative to Transjugular Liver Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
…liver biopsy if a specific treatment is needed. The blood test AshTest…
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Fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver…
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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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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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FibroScan and FibroTest to assess liver fibrosis in HCV with normal aminotransferases.
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Noninvasive Testing for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients With Psoriasis Receiving Long-term Methotrexate Sodium Therapy.
…Of the 129 patients with psoriasis undergoing treatment with MTX, 69 (53…
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Phase 3, Multicenter Open-Label study to investigate the efficacy of elbasvir and grazoprevir fixed-dose combination for 8 weeks in treatment-naïve, HCV GT1b-infected patients, with non-severe fibrosis.
…Reducing treatment duration can improve adherence, reduce drug exposure and cost. Accordingly…
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External validation of LCR1-LCR2, a multivariable HCC risk calculator, in patients with chronic HCV.
…for the response to HCV treatment, and were quantified using time-dependent…
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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®).
…Using Cox-multivariate analysis adjusted for treatment, viral load, HBeAg status and…
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Impact of hepatitis C and liver fibrosis on antiretroviral plasma drug concentrations in HIV-HCV co-infected patients: the HEPADOSE study.
…according to gender and antiretroviral treatment. C(min) values in serum were…
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Twenty-year protocol liver biopsies: Invasive but useful for the management of liver recipients.
### Background & Aims Most liver transplant centres have discontinued the practice of protocol…
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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
…Delta-HCV co-infections and treatment. ### Results 1,074 patients with baseline…
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Natural history of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C. The OBSVIRC, METAVIR, CLINIVIR, and DOSVIRC groups.
…No patient had received interferon treatment before the liver biopsy sample was…
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Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy.
…20 patients who completed HCV treatment (9 with sustained virologic response). TE…
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Glycogenic hepatopathy.
…imaging studies and response to treatment, even without liver biopsy. In case…
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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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Response to: Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on the Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests of Liver Fibrosis With Resulting Clinical Implications, by Jerome Boursier et al.
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Non-invasive diagnosis of steatosis, inflammatory changes and liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Pilot study.
…disease and the effectiveness of treatment. ### Material And Methods We evaluated the…
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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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The Association of Histologic and Noninvasive Tests With Adverse Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Fibrosis Due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
…During treatment, patients with decreases in NIT scores experienced improvement of their…
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An evaluation of the potential cost-effectiveness of non-invasive testing strategies in the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis.
…terms of health outcomes and treatment costs might outweigh the short-term…
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Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
Aim To assess concordance of eight frequently used serology-based scoring indices…
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Efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in Asian-Americans with chronic hepatitis B in community settings.
…No resistance to TDF developed through 48 weeks of treatment. ### Trial Registration…
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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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The use of transient elastography and FibroTest for monitoring hepatotoxicity in patients receiving methotrexate for psoriasis.
### Importance There is a need for noninvasive tools to monitor hepatotoxicity in…
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European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) clinical practice recommendations for the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: evaluation of their application in people with Type 2 diabetes.
…of Obesity for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of non-alcoholic…
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Finasteride and methadone use and risk of advanced hepatitis C related liver disease.
### Aim We evaluated the association between two medications that alter bioavailable androgen…
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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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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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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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Diagnostic value of combined serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection: A multicenter, noninterventional, observational study.
…combinations, on liver fibrosis in treatment-naive chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients…
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Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis.
### Aim To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI…
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Toward non-invasive assessment strategies in autoimmune hepatitis.
In this article, we comment on the article by Peta _et al…
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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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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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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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The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease.
…for liver biopsy, and therefore allow an earlier treatment of alcoholic hepatitis.
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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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Comparison of non-invasive fibrosis markers and classical liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C.
…HCV-RNA-positive, HCV genotype 1, treatment-naive patients with chronic HCV…
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FibroTest is an independent predictor of virologic response in chronic hepatitis C patients retreated with pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in the EPIC³ program.
…invasive marker of fibrosis in treatment-naive patients, as a possible alternative…
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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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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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Longitudinal assessment of histology surrogate markers (FibroTest-ActiTest) during lamivudine therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
…Lamivudine treatment had a very significant impact overall. FT decreased significantly from…
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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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Comparison of non-invasive liver fibrosis biomarkers in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: the fibrovic study--ANRS HC02.
…patients, nai ve for HCV treatment, underwent liver biopsy [197 (72%) men…
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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.
…essential for prompting surveillance and treatment. The aim of this study was…
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Retracted: Executive functions in chronic hepatitis C virus infected elderly patients.
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Letter: FibroTest for staging fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Role of genotype G hepatitis B virus mixed infection on the progression of hepatic fibrosis in HIV positive patients over 5 years of follow-up.
…and duration of HIV/HBV treatment. HBV-G infected patients were exclusively…
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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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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nocturnal hypoxia, and endothelial function in patients with sleep apnea.
### Background Nocturnal hypoxia, the hallmark of OSA, is a potential contributing factor…
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis.
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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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Transient Elastography for Assessment of Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis: An Evidence-Based Analysis.
…is often an indication for treatment. The current standard for diagnosing liver…
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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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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.
…included 44 patients naïve to treatment who were referred to our hepatology…
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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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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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FibroTest/Fibrosure for significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis.
…and the need for active treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Noninvasive…
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Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.
…recipients to better define the treatment of and contraindications to kidney transplantation…
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Letter: FibroTest for staging fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - authors' reply.
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Clinical applicability of non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (Letter)
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Combination of blood tests for significant fibrosis and cirrhosis improves the assessment of liver-prognosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Recent longitudinal studies have emphasised the prognostic value of noninvasive tests…
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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: are we ready?
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Noninvasive, Blood-Based Biomarkers as Screening Tools for Hepatic Fibrosis in People With Type 2 Diabetes.
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Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Key publication
### Background Liver biopsy is thought mandatory for management of patients with hepatitis…
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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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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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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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Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse and fibrotest in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant.
### Unlabelled Background and rationale. Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) is a non…
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Liver fibrosis markers in alcoholic liver disease.
…need for liver biopsy and permit an earlier treatment of alcoholic patients.
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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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Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
SUMMARY: BACKGROUND: Recent studies strongly suggest that due to the limitations and…
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Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
…the "gold standard" for pre-treatment evaluation of liver fibrossis in patients…
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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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Assessment of allograft fibrosis by transient elastography and noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in liver transplant patients.
### Background This prospective, monocentric study was designed to assess the efficacy of…
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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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Physicians' practices for diagnosing liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: a nationwide, Canadian survey.
### Objective To determine practices among physicians in Canada for the assessment of…
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Transient elastography and other noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis in patients with viral hepatitis.
The limitations of liver biopsy (invasive procedure, sampling errors, inter-observer variability…
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Cost effectiveness of pegylated interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin combination in chronic hepatitis C.
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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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Non-invasive evaluation of the liver disease severity in children with chronic viral hepatitis using FibroTest and ActiTest - comparison with histopathological assessment.
…Methods The study included 11 treatment-naïve children [mean age, 9.0…
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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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Non-invasive evaluation of response to obeticholic acid in patients with NASH: Results from the REGENERATE study.
…NITs were observed with OCA treatment. Dynamic changes in selected NITs separated…
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Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis.
With great advancements in the therapeutic modalities used for the treatment of…
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HCV-GenoFibrotest: a combination of viral, liver and genomic (IL28b, ITPA, UGT1A1) biomarkers for predicting treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A1) are associated with treatment (interferon and ribavirin) efficacy and adherence…
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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 ?".
### Background The aspartate aminotransferase platelet ratio index (APRI) is a validated, non…
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Assessment of asymptomatic liver fibrosis in alcoholic patients using fibroscan: prospective comparison with seven non-invasive laboratory tests. Key publication
### Background Systematic screening for liver fibrosis in heavy-drinking patients is a…
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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.
…prediction of prognosis and inform treatment decisions. However, as it is an…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Contribution of the ELFG test in algorithms of non-invasive markers towards the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background And Aims We aimed to determine the best algorithms for the…
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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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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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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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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of fibrosis marker panels in patients with HIV/hepatitis C coinfection.
…related fibrosis is crucial for treatment decisions and prognostication. Our objective was…
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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 Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B.
A serum biomarker (FibroTest; Biopredictive, Paris, France; FibroSure; LabCorp, Burlington, USA) and…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is independently linked to cardiometabolic morbidity and…
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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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Sequential algorithms combining non-invasive markers and biopsy for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B.
### Aim To assess the performance of several non-invasive markers and of…
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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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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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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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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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ActiTest accuracy for the assessment of histological activity grades in patients with chronic hepatitis C, an overview using Obuchowski measure.
### Background ActiTest (AT) is a biomarker of liver necro-inflammatory histological activity…
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Altered serum N-glycomics in chronic hepatitis B patients.
### Background We previously reported on serum N-glycans as markers for the…
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Discordance between biochemical markers of liver activity and fibrosis (Actitest-Fibrotest) and liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…1 hepatitis C virus infection. Treatment status was naive (62.5%), nonresponders…
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Prospective noninvasive analysis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease: correlation of transient elastography and laboratory-based markers.
…manifestations or with consequences of treatment, are prevalent among patients with inflammatory…
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Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease.
### Background The best technique to estimate portal hypertension (PHT) is to measure…
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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.
…According to histological data, 12 patients were candidates for treatment, but FT…
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Combination of fibrosis tests: sequential or synchronous?
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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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Validation of liver fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest) for assessing liver fibrosis progression: proof of concept and first application in a large population.
### Background & Aims Time-dependent statistics have been used to assess liver fibrosis…
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Biopsy as well as FibroTest/Fibrosure is suboptimal for discriminating intermediate fibrosis stages in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
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Fibrotest or Fibroscan for evaluation of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients infected with hepatitis C.
Non-invasive modalities to estimate fibrosis stage are desirable in hepatitis C…
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FibroTest-FibroSURE: towards a universal biomarker of liver fibrosis?
Among the noninvasive alternatives to liver biopsy, several studies have demonstrated the…
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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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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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Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) consists of a broad spectrum of disorders, ranging…
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis.
…significant fibrosis (indication for antiviral treatment in viral hepatitis B and C…
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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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Knowledge and practice regarding the German and the EASL-EASD-EASO NAFLD-guidelines among members of the German Obesity Society.
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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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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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Prospective direct comparison of non-invasive liver tests in outpatients with type 2 diabetes using intention-to-diagnose analysis.
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A prospective analysis of the prognostic value of biomarkers (FibroTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Key publication
…after taking into account histology, treatment, alcohol consumption, and HIV coinfection. ### Conclusion…
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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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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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A prospective assessment of the inter-laboratory variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest) in patients with chronic liver disease.
BACKGROUND: Biochemical markers for liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and necroinflammatory features (ActiTest) are…
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[Hepatitis B virus genotypes and evolutionary markers in chronic HBsAG patients in Bujumbura].
…HBV genotypes greatly influence its evolution and the effectiveness of treatment. The…
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Silymarin in non alcoholic fatty liver disease.
…These evaluations were repeated after 6 mo of treatment. ### Results Serum levels…
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Noninvasive markers of fibrosis and inflammation in clinical practice: prospective comparison with liver biopsy.
### Background The efficiency of transient elastography for the assessment of liver fibrosis…
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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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Non-invasive diagnosis and biomarkers in alcohol-related liver disease. Review
Even though alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of…
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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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The Distribution of Liver Steatosis, Fibrosis, Steatohepatitis and Inflammation Activity in Alcoholics According to FibroMax Test.
### Background The diagnosis of alcoholic liver diseases is based on the history…
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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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The effectiveness of noninvasive biomarkers to predict hepatitis B-related significant fibrosis and cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy.
Noninvasive biomarkers have been developed to predict hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related…
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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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Assessment of Selected Parameters of Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis.
Changes in the liver and bile ducts observed in patients diagnosed with…
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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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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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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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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.
…and response to anti-viral treatment as covariates. The comparator was the…
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Role of leisure-time physical activity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a population-based study.
### Unlabelled Physical activity (PA) is commonly recommended for nonalchoholic fatty liver disease…
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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.
### Background/Aims To assess prospectively the accuracy of transient elastography (TE, FibroScan…
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[Diagnostic value of FibroTest for liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B].
…of FT, FS towards the treatment of liver fibrosis in patients with…
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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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Pharmacotherapeutic efficacy on noninvasive fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Review
…most effective and statistically significant treatment interventions. Similarly, the following interventions were…
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Comparison of non-invasive assessment to diagnose liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B and C patients.
…Fibrosis assessment is essential to establish prognosis and treatment indication. We compared…
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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.
### Background One of the unmet needs in patients with type 2 diabetes…
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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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The non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
Hepatic disease accounts for approximately 2 million deaths/year worldwide. Liver fibrosis…
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Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis.
Owing to the high prevalence of various chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis is…
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Liver biopsy analysis has a low level of performance for diagnosis of intermediate stages of fibrosis.
### Background & Aims There is controversy about the performance of noninvasive tests such…
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Correlation between liver biopsy and fibrotest in the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
…chronic hepatitis C naive to treatment. Fibrotest and liver biopsy were performed…
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The FibroTest value in discriminating between insignificant and significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. The Romanian experience.
### Aim To assess the diagnostic value of FibroTest to discriminate between insignificant…
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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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Contribution of the ELFG test in algorithms of non-invasive markers towards the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background And Aims We aimed to determine the best algorithms for the…
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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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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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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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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV--Review.
Haemophilia is an entity, wherein the HCV infection rate is greater than…
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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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Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background/Aims In chronic hepatitis C, biopsy is the gold standard for…
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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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Noninvasive prediction of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients with hepatitis C: can you avoid liver biopsy?
Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the evaluation of fibrosis despite…
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Coffee consumption and nonalcoholic fatty liver onset: a prospective study in the general population.
Retrospective studies suggest that coffee consumption may exert beneficial effects in patients…
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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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Non-invasive diagnosis of large oesophageal varices with FibroTest in patients with cirrhosis: a preliminary retrospective study.
### Background And Aims Primary prevention of variceal bleeding with beta-blockers improves…
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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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Liver stiffness measurement in children using FibroScan: feasibility study and comparison with Fibrotest, aspartate transaminase to platelets ratio index, and liver biopsy.
### Objective Transient elastography (FibroScan) is a novel, noninvasive, rapid bedside method to…
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Biomarkers of liver fibrosis.
Liver biopsy, due to its limitations and risks, is an imperfect gold…
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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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Validation of noninvasive biomarkers (FibroTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest) for prediction of liver injury in patients with morbid obesity.
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing nonalcoholic…
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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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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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Non-invasive diagnosis of liver steatosis using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography.
### Introduction Recently, a study showed that Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP), evaluated with…
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The predictive value of FIB-4 versus FibroTest, APRI, FibroIndex and Forns index to noninvasively estimate fibrosis in hepatitis C and nonhepatitis C liver diseases.
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Intestinal failure-associated liver disease in patients with short bowel syndrome: Evaluation by transient elastography.
### Objective Patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) receiving long-term parenteral nutrition…
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The predictive value of Fibrotest vs. APRI for the diagnosis of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
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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.
### Background The prediction of fibrosis is an essential part of the assessment…
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Appropriate evidence-based data overviews demonstrate the diagnostic and prognostic performances of FibroTest in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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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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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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Comparison of fatty liver index with noninvasive methods for steatosis detection and quantification.
### Aim To compare noninvasive methods presently used for steatosis detection and quantification…
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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.
### Objectives Precise evaluation of the level of liver fibrosis is recommended in…
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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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[Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-Actic-Test].
…Progresses in the comprehension of fibrosis dynamics and better treatment efficacy follow…
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Non-invasive diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis.
…in fact be reversed by treatment with oral anti-nucleotide drugs. Thus…
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Evaluating the accuracy and increasing the reliable diagnosis rate of blood tests for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background The reliable diagnosis rate of diagnostic tests is provided by their…
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The Diagnostic Value of FibroTest and Hepascore as Non-Invasive Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC).
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of…
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Applicability and precautions of use of liver injury biomarker FibroTest. A reappraisal at 7 years of age.
### Background FibroTest (FT) is a validated biomarker of fibrosis. To assess the…
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[Prognosis assessment of alcoholic liver disease: how and why?].
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) causes more than 5000 deaths per year in…
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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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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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Ministère des Affaires Sociales et de la Santé Key publication
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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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Biomarkers for liver disease in urea cycle disorders.
### Background Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are among the most common inborn errors…
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FibroTest and FibroScan for the prediction of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy.
…is crucial for prognostication and treatment decisions. Due to the limitations of…
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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
### Background Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing non…
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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).
**Background/Objectives:** Bariatric surgery (BS), drugs approved for type-2-diabetes (T2D…
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An algorithm for the grading of activity in chronic hepatitis C. The METAVIR Cooperative Study Group.
Histological activity reflects the global assessment of basic necroinflammatory lesions and is…
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Staging chronic hepatitis C in seven categories using fibrosis biomarker (FibroTest™) and transient elastography (FibroScan®).
…FT was predictive (Cox adjusted on treatment) of severe complications [AUROC 0…
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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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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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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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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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Performance of noninvasive markers for liver fibrosis is reduced in chronic hepatitis C with normal transaminases.
In chronic hepatitis C, biopsy is the gold standard for assessment of…
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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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Transient elastography using Fibroscan is the most reliable noninvasive method for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in alcoholic liver disease.
### Objective Fibroscan (FS) is a reliable noninvasive method for the diagnosis of…
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SAFE biopsy: a validated method for large-scale staging of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Unlabelled The staging of liver fibrosis is pivotal for defining the prognosis…
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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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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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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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Noninvasive Indirect Markers of Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholics.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic values of…
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Improving estimation of liver fibrosis using combination and newer noninvasive biomarker scoring systems in hepatitis C-infected haemophilia patients.
Non-invasive biomarkers have gained popularity for estimating fibrosis stage. In our…
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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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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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Systematic review: Investigating the prognostic performance of four non-invasive tests in alcohol-related liver disease.
### Background And Aim Mortality of alcohol-related liver disease (ArLD) is increasing…
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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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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.
### Objective And Methods We assessed the reliability of non-invasive biological scoring…
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
### Unlabelled Liver biopsy is the gold standard for assessing fibrosis but has…
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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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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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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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Including osteoprotegerin and collagen IV in a score-based blood test for liver fibrosis increases diagnostic accuracy.
### Background Noninvasive methods for liver fibrosis evaluation in chronic liver diseases have…
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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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FibroMAX: towards a new universal biomarker of liver disease?
Among the noninvasive alternatives to liver biopsy, several studies have demonstrated 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.
### Introduction Non-invasive, i.e. serum-based assessment of liver fibrosis is…
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Comparison of eight diagnostic algorithms for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C: new algorithms are more precise and entirely noninvasive.
### Unlabelled The sequential algorithm for fibrosis evaluation (SAFE) and the Bordeaux algorithm…
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Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis.
### Background FibroTest (FT) is the most frequently used serum fibrosis marker and…
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Noninvasive biomarkers FibroTest and ActiTest versus liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C patients: the Middle East experience.
### Background The aim of this study was to compare noninvasive biomarkers, FibroTest…
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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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Comparison of Fibrotest and PGAA for the diagnosis of fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease.
### Background And Aims The PGAA index was one of the first composite…
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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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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.
### Background HIV-monoinfected individuals are at high risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver…
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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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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 and improvement of a reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by blood tests.
### Objective To evaluate the rates of reliable diagnosis of cirrhosis by two…
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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.
### Background And Aims Real-time shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) is a…
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Higher serum testosterone is associated with increased risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males.
### Unlabelled Males have strikingly increased risk of advanced liver disease. However, the…
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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.
### Background Studies have demonstrated that coronary artery calcification on one hand and…
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Comparison of accuracy of fibrosis degree classifications by liver biopsy and non-invasive tests in chronic hepatitis C.
### Background Non-invasive tests have been constructed and evaluated mainly for binary…
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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.
As of 2016, there is no evidence-based pathway to stratify the…
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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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Diagnostic performance of a new noninvasive test for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using a simplified histological reference.
### Background One of the unmet needs in patients with metabolic risks is…
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Discovery of novel biomarker candidates for liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: a preliminary study.
### Background Liver biopsy is the reference standard for assessing liver fibrosis and…
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Non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Clinical prediction rules and blood-based biomarkers.
The correct identification of patients at increased risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis…
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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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Performance of serum apolipoprotein-A1 as a sentinel of Covid-19. Key publication
### Background Since 1920, a decrease in serum cholesterol has been identified as…
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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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