A simple noninvasive index (APRI) predicts advanced liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis B [2]

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1434-1435

  Lebensztejn, Dariusz M ^a   Skiba, Elžbieta ^a   Sobaniec Lotowska, Maria ^a   Kaczmarski, Maciej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MEROSIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 20044390035     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20736     Document Type: Letter

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