Performance of biomarkers FibroTest, ActiTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest in patients with severe obesity: meta analysis of individual patient data.

Performance of biomarkers FibroTest, ActiTest, SteatoTest, and NashTest in patients with severe obesity: meta analysis of individual patient data.

BACKGROUND: Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) histologic lesions in patients with severe obesity. The aim of this study was to perform an overview of 3 studies which assessed the performance of non-invasive markers of fibrosis (Fi...

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Main Authors: Thierry Poynard, Guillaume Lassailly, Emmanuel Diaz, Karine Clement, Robert Caïazzo, Joan Tordjman, Mona Munteanu, Hugo Perazzo, Bernard Demol, Robert Callafe, François Pattou, Frederic Charlotte, Pierre Bedossa, Philippe Mathurin, Vlad Ratziu, FLIP consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3303768?pdf=render

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