Transient Elastography to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis in Hemodialysis Chronic Hepatitis C Patients | Zendy

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Transient Elastography to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis in Hemodialysis Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Author(s) -

ChenHua Liu,

ChengChao Liang,

KaiWen Huang,

ChunJen Liu,

ShihI Chen,

JouWei Lin,

PeirHaur Hung,

HungBin Tsai,

MingYang Lai,

PeiJer Chen,

Jun-Herng Chen,

DingShinn Chen,

JiaHorng Kao

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.04320510

Subject(s) - medicine , transient elastography , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , hepatic fibrosis , fibrosis , liver biopsy , hemodialysis , receiver operating characteristic , gold standard (test) , stage (stratigraphy) , chronic hepatitis , biopsy , liver fibrosis , virus , immunology , paleontology , biology

Although percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the gold standard for staging hepatic fibrosis in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) before renal transplantation or antiviral therapy, concerns exist about serious postbiopsy complications. Using transient elastography (TE, Fibroscan(®)) to predict the severity of hepatic fibrosis has not been prospectively evaluated in these patients.

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