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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2017

Transient Elastography (FibroScan) Performs Better Than Non-Invasive Markers in Assessing Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Autoimmune Hepatitis Patients.

Liwei Guo, Lei Zheng, Liyang Hu, Huanhuan Zhou, Lifei Yu, Weifeng Liang

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liwei GuoState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
Lei ZhengInstitute of Cancer Research, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
Liyang HuState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
Huanhuan ZhouInstitute of Cancer Research, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
Lifei YuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
Weifeng LiangState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).
State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious DiseasesZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immune-mediated chronic liver disease that can lead to severe fibrosis and cirrhosis. Transient elastography (TE, FibroScan) can assess the fibrotic stages of chronic liver diseases by liver stiffness measurement (LSM). Studies on the diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan for the detection of fibrosis in AIH patients are still limited. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study enrolled 108 AIH patients who underwent liver biopsies. Using the METAVIR scoring system as the reference, Spearman's rank correlation was performed to explore the relationship between the markers and stages of fibrosis. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy. The optimal LSM cut-off values for predicting the stages of fibrosis were calculated. RESULTS LSM was superior to other non-invasive markers in differentiating the stages of fibrosis in AIH patients. AUROC value of LSM was 0.885 for stage F2, 0.897 for stage F3, and 0.878 for stage F4. The optimal LSM cut-off value was 6.27 kPa for stage F2, 8.18 kPa for F3, and 12.67 kPa for F4. CONCLUSIONS FibroScan is a valuable non-invasive method for the evaluation of liver fibrosis of AIH patients.

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BiomarkersBiomechanical PhenomenaElasticity Imaging TechniquesFemaleHepatitis, AutoimmuneHumansLiverLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveBiomarkers

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PMID29073121
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