Diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan-AST score to identify non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant activity and fibrosis in Japanese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Comparison between M and XL probes.
Satoshi OedaHirokazu TakahashiKento ImajoYuya SekoTakashi KobayashiYuji OgawaMichihisa MoriguchiMasato YonedaKeizo AnzaiHiroyuki IrieEisaburo SueokaShinichi AishimaMasayoshi KageYoshito ItohYuichiro EguchiAtsushi NakajimaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2020)
There was no significant difference in diagnostic accuracy of FAST score between the FibroScan M and XL probes. The FAST score can be used to identify NASH with significant risk in Japanese patients regardless of probe selection.