The Utility of Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Predicting Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients in Response to Direct-Acting Antivirals.

Hanan Mahmoud Fayed Hasan Sedeek Mahmoud Abdallah Elaiw Mohamed Ali

Published in: Clinical and experimental gastroenterology (2020)

RBP4 showed excellent accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV. RBP4 has a superior diagnostic performance in predicting advanced fibrosis grads in CHC patients and hence can replace expensive invasive procedures.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
binding protein
prognostic factors
patient reported