AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) for the noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Loaeza del Castillo, Aurora ^a   Paz Pineda, Francisco ^a   Oviedo Cárdenas, Edgar ^a   Sánchez Ávila, Francisco ^a   Vargas Vorácková, Florencia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis C; Fibrosis staging; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATION INDEX; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 56749182635     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31836-8     Document Type: Article

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