Serum biomarkers and transient elastography as predictors of advanced liver fibrosis in a United States cohort: The Boston children's hospital experience

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Christine K ^a   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a   Mitchell, Paul D ^a   Raza, Roshan ^a   Afdhal, Nezam H ^b   Jonas, Maureen M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARTILAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884671721     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.044     Document Type: Article

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