Performance of the AST-to-platelet ratio index as a noninvasive marker of fibrosis in pediatric patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-346

  McGoogan, Katherine E ^a   Smith, P Brian ^b   Choi, Steve S ^e   Berman, Wallace ^c   Jhaveri, Ravi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Quantitative Sciences   (United States)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^d Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

APRI; Fibrosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Noninvasive markers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77649293368     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181aed725     Document Type: Article

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