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ArticleClinical and experimental hepatology2017

Clinical usefulness of new noninvasive serum biomarkers for the assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis in children with chronic hepatitis C.

Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak, Barbara Kowalik-Mikołajewska, Małgorzata Aniszewska, Magdalena Pluta, Magdalena Marczyńska

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  3. Gd-EOB-DTPA DCE-MRI biomarkers in a rabbit model of liver fibrosis.American journal of translational research · 2018
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Maria Pokorska-ŚpiewakDepartment of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Poland.
Barbara Kowalik-MikołajewskaDepartment of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Poland.
Małgorzata AniszewskaDepartment of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Poland.
Magdalena PlutaDepartment of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Poland.
Magdalena MarczyńskaDepartment of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Poland.

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aim of the studyRecently, novel serum markers modified by the body mass index MATERIAL AND

methodsThirty children aged 9.4 ± 3.7 years (14 males, 16 females) with CHC were included in this study. In all patients, histopathological evaluation of the liver fibrosis was performed using a 5-point METAVIR scoring system (≥ 2 points = significant fibrosis). Significant steatosis was diagnosed with > 33% of hepatocytes affected. The following noninvasive markers of liver disease were calculated: the modified aspartate transaminase (AST)-to-platelet ratio index (M-APRI: BMI

resultsSignificant fibrosis was detected in 7/30 (23%) cases, and significant steatosis was observed in 4 (13%) patients. Comparison with the histopathological evaluation revealed that B-AST < 0 excluded significant fibrosis, and < 100 excluded all patients with significant steatosis. For the M-APRI, < 0 excluded significant fibrosis, and < 0.5 excluded significant steatosis. For the M-FIB-4, < 0 excluded significant fibrosis and < 0.2 excluded significant steatosis.

conclusionsNegative values of all three markers that included the BMI

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biomarkerschronic hepatitis Cfibrosissteatosis

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PMCPMC5731428

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