Diagnostic Accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF®) Score Using HCV-Infected Serum Samples Cryopreserved for up to 25 Years.

Cryopreservation of serum samples is a standard procedure for biomedical research in tertiary centers. However, studies evaluating the long-term biological stability of direct liver fibrosis markers using cryopreserved samples are scarce.We compared the stability of hyaluronic acid (HA), tissue inhi...

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Main Authors: Marc Puigvehí, Juanjo Hernández, Teresa Broquetas, Susanna Coll, Montserrat Garcia-Retortillo, Nuria Cañete, Maria Dolors Giménez, Mar Garcia, Felipe Bory, Margarita Salvadó, Ricard Solà, José A Carrión
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5161309?pdf=render