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Liver fibrosis assessments using FibroScan, virtual-touch tissue quantification, the FIB-4 index, and mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer levels compared with pathological findings of liver resection specimens in patients with hepatitis C infection.

Naoyuki UedaTomokazu KawaokaMichio ImamuraHiroshi AikataTakashi NakaharaEisuke MurakamiMasataka TsugeAkira HiramatsuC Nelson HayesMichiya YokozakiKazuaki Chayama
Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2020)
FibroScan and VTQ best reflected the results of hepatic fibrosis diagnosis using liver resection specimens among the four examination methods evaluated.
Keyphrases
  • liver fibrosis
  • binding protein
  • fine needle aspiration
  • ultrasound guided