Journal article
13C-methacetin-breath test compared to also noninvasive biochemical blood tests in predicting hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
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BACKGROUND: The (13)C-methacetin-breath test and also several noninvasive blood tests comprising routine laboratory parameters have been proposed to predict fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C. The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy between these tests referring to hepatic histology as gold standard. METHODS: 96 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection underwent percutaneous liver biopsy and the (13)C-methacetin-breath test. The Fibroindex, the asparta...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 743-748
- Publication date:
- 2008-09-01
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- EISSN:
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1878-3562
- ISSN:
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1590-8658
- Source identifiers:
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181964
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:181964
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uuid:08d2b442-f395-4f01-929e-f71345b79c74
- Local pid:
- pubs:181964
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2008
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