Open AccessAPRI as a predictor of early viral response in chronic hepatitis C patients
Author(s) -
José Antonio MataMarín,
José Luis Fuentes-Allen,
Jesús Gaytán-Martı́nez,
Bulmaro Manjarrez-Téllez,
Alberto Chaparro-Sánchez,
Carla Ileana Arroyo-Anduiza
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4923
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , pegylated interferon , ribavirin , odds ratio , viral load , confidence interval , alanine transaminase , hepatitis c virus , risk factor , univariate analysis , hepatitis c , immunology , multivariate analysis , virus
To evaluate the aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI) as a predictive factor of early viral response in chronic hepatitis C naive patients.