Is increased red cell distribution width an indicating marker of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrotic stage?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 7412-7418

  Cengiz, Mustafa ^a   Candir, Burcu Aslan ^a   Yilmaz, Güldal ^a   Akyol, Gülen ^a   Ozenirler, Seren ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Noninvasive marker; Red cell distribution width; Simple steatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS; NON-INVASIVE MARKER; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; SIMPLE STEATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887603727     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i42.7412     Document Type: Article

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