Serum autotaxin is a useful liver fibrosis marker in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Satoru JoshitaYuki IchikawaTakeji UmemuraYoko UsamiAyumi SugiuraSoichiro ShibataTomoo YamazakiNaoyuki FujimoriMichiharu KomatsuAkihiro MatsumotoKoji IgarashiMasao OtaEiji Tanaka

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2017)

Based on this histologically proven data, ATX represents a novel non-invasive biomarker for liver fibrosis in HBV-infected patients.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
hepatitis b virus
electronic health record
big data
liver failure
artificial intelligence