Reply: Prospective validation of a noninvasive index for predicting liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus-infected liver transplant recipients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 789-790

  Cross, Timothy J S ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^b   Harrison, Phillip M ^c  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953640377     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22050     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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