13C-Aminopyrine breath test accurately predicts long-term outcome of chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-787

  Rocco, Alba ^a   De Nucci, Germana ^a   Valente, Giovanna ^a   Compare, Debora ^a   D'Arienzo, Agesilao ^a   Cimino, Lucia ^a   Perri, Francesco ^b   Nardone, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C ABT; Fibrosis progression; HCV related chronic disease outcome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOPHENAZONE; AMINOPHENAZONE C 13; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON 13; CARBON 13 BREATH TESTS SUBSTRATES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBON;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVALUATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AMINOPYRINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858707597     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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