Latent Class Analysis of Noninvasive Methods and Liver Biopsy in Chronic Hepatitis C: An Approach without a Gold Standard.
Flavia F FernandesHugo PerazzoLuiz E AndradeAlessandra DellavanceCarlos TerraGustavo PereiraJoão L PereiraFrederico CamposMaria Lucia Cardoso Gomes FerrazRenata M PerezPublished in: BioMed research international (2017)
LCA was useful to evaluate accuracy of methods for liver fibrosis staging. Sensitivities and specificities of noninvasive methods were increased in LCA compared to the use of LB as the gold standard.