Serological Tests Do Not Predict Residual Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Cirrhotics with a Sustained Virological Response to Interferon.

BACKGROUND AND AIM:Liver biopsy (LB) has lost popularity to stage liver fibrosis in the era of highly effective anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy, yet diagnosis of persistent cirrhosis may have important implications following HCV eradication. As performance of serological non-invasive tests (NIT...

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Main Authors: Roberta D'Ambrosio, Elisabetta Degasperi, Alessio Aghemo, Mirella Fraquelli, Pietro Lampertico, Maria Grazia Rumi, Floriana Facchetti, Eleonora Grassi, Giovanni Casazza, William Rosenberg, Pierre Bedossa, Massimo Colombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4909284?pdf=render