Editorial: Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Time to move from cross-sectional studies to longitudinal ones

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1472-1473

  Kim, Seung Up ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b,c   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a,b,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Centre   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOPSY; BLOOD; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956020970     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06432.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (15)

1. McGill DB, Rakela J, Zinsmeister AR, Ott BJ. A 21-year experience with major hemorrhage after percutaneous liver biopsy. Gastroenterology 1990 99 : 1396 1400.
2. Regev A, Berho M, Jeffers LJ et al. Sampling error and intraobserver variation in liver biopsy in patients with chronic HCV infection. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 2002 97 : 2614 2618.
3. Forns X, Ampurdanes S, Llovet JM et al. Identification of chronic hepatitis C patients without hepatic fibrosis by a simple predictive model. Hepatology 2002 36 : 986 992.
4. Adams LA, Bulsara M, Rossi E et al. Hepascore: an accurate validated predictor of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection. Clin. Chem. 2005 51 : 1867 1873.
5. Rockey DC, Bissell DM. Noninvasive measures of liver fibrosis. Hepatology 2006 43 (Suppl 1 S113 120.
6. Kim BK, Kim SA, Park YN et al. Noninvasive models to predict liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Liver Int. 2007 27 : 969 976.
7. Ziol M, Handra-Luca A, Kettaneh A et al. Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis by measurement of stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2005 41 : 48 54.
8. Kim SU, Ahn SH, Park JY et al. Liver stiffness measurement in combination with noninvasive markers for the improved diagnosis of B-viral liver cirrhosis. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 2009 43 : 267 271.
9. de Ledinghen V, Beaugrand M, Kelleher TB et al. Prediction of liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): risk factors and diagnostic potential of liver elasticity using fibroscan. J. Hepatol. 2006 44 : S39.
10. Malik R, Lai M, Saduq A et al. Comparison of transient elastography, serum markers and clinical signs for the diagnosis of compensated cirrhosis. J. Gastoenterol. Hepatol. 2010 25 : 1562 1568.
11. Zhou K, Gao CF, Zhao YP et al. Simpler score of routine laboratory tests predicts liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. J Gastoenterol. Hepatol. 2010 25 : 1569 1577.
12. ® using a new probe for obese patients. Liver Int. 2010 30 : 1043 1048.
13. Zeng MD, Lu LG, Mao YM et al. Prediction of significant fibrosis in HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B by a noninvasive model. Hepatology 2005 42 : 1437 1445.
14. Hui AY, Chan HL, Wong VW et al. Identification of chronic hepatitis B patients without significant liver fibrosis by a simple noninvasive predictive model. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 2005 100 : 616 623.
15. Naveau S, Gaudé G, Asnacios A et al. Diagnostic and prognostic values of noninvasive biomarkers of fibrosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology 2009 49 : 97 105.