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Hepascore: An Accurate Validated Predictor of Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Author(s) -
Leon A. Adams,
Max Bulsara,
Enrico Rossi,
Bastiaan DeBoer,
David Speers,
Jacob George,
James G. Kench,
Geoffrey C. Farrell,
Geoffrey W. McCaughan,
Gary P. Jeffrey
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048389
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , fibrosis , medicine , gastroenterology , liver biopsy , receiver operating characteristic , hepatitis c , stage (stratigraphy) , biopsy , logistic regression , pathology , biology , paleontology
Staging hepatic fibrosis by liver biopsy guides prognosis and treatment of hepatitis C, but is invasive and expensive. We sought to create an algorithm of serum markers that accurately and reliably predict liver fibrosis stage among hepatitis C patients.

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