AST-platelet ratio index in the prediction of significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Güzelbulut, Fatih ^a   Sezikli, Mesut ^a   Akkan Çetinkaya, Züleyha ^a   Yaşar, Bülent ^b   Özkara, Selvinaz ^c   Kurdaş Övünç, Ayşe Oya ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Haydarpaşa Numune Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c Camlica Erdem Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AST platelet ratio index; Chronic hepatitis B; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AST PLATELET RATIO INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866512463     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2012.0348     Document Type: Article

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