Open AccessIs increased red cell distribution width an indicating marker of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrotic stage?
Author(s) -
Mustafa Cengiz,
Burcu Aslan Candır,
Güldal Yılmaz,
Gülen Akyol,
Seren Özeni̇rler
Publication year - 2013
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.v19.i42.7412
Subject(s) - steatohepatitis , medicine , red blood cell distribution width , gastroenterology , fibrosis , steatosis , liver biopsy , fatty liver , univariate analysis , logistic regression , pathology , biopsy , multivariate analysis , disease
To evaluate the red cell distribution width (RDW) as an indicator of the presence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and its association with fibrotic scores.