Interaction of serum ferritin and body mass index in patients with chronic hepatitis B: Improved prediction of cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2094-2095

  Paul, Sanjoy ^a   O'Regan, Kevin ^a   St John, Andrew ^a   Stuart, Katherine ^a   Crawford, Darrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY SCORE; TREND STUDY;

FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876740359     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26076     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Kowdley K, Belt P, Wilson L, Yeh M, Neuschwander-Tetri B, Chalasani N, et al. Serum ferritin is an independent predictor of histologic severity and advanced fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. HEPATOLOGY 2012; 55: 77-85.