Liver stiffness measurement and biochemical markers in senegalese chronic hepatitis B patients with normal ALT and high viral load

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mbaye, Papa Saliou ^a   Sarr, Anna ^b   Sire, Jean Marie ^c,d   Evra, Marie Louise ^b   Ba, Adama ^a   Daveiga, Jean ^e   Diallo, Aboubakry ^f   Fall, Fatou ^a   Chartier, Loic ^g   Simon, François ^c   Vray, Muriel ^g  

^a Principal Hospital   (Senegal)

^b Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology   (Senegal)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^e Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital   (Senegal)

^f Grand Yoff Hospital   (Senegal)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENEGAL; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SENEGAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79960743142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022291     Document Type: Article

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