Non-invasive fibrosis algorithms are clinically useful for excluding cirrhosis in prisoners living with hepatitis C

Non-invasive fibrosis algorithms are clinically useful for excluding cirrhosis in prisoners living with hepatitis C

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Background and aims Prison-based HCV treatment rates remain low due to multiple barriers, including accessing transient elastography for cirrhosis determination. The AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) and FIB-4 scores have excellent negative predictive value (NPV) in hospital cohorts to exclude cirr...

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Main Authors: Timothy Papaluca, Anne Craigie, Lucy McDonald, Amy Edwards, Michael MacIsaac, Jacinta A. Holmes, Matthew Jarman, Tanya Lee, Hannah Huang, Andrew Chan, Mark Lai, Vijaya Sundararajan, Joseph S. Doyle, Margaret Hellard, Mark Stoove, Jessica Howell, Paul Desmond, David Iser, Alexander J. Thompson, Chen-Hua Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673506/?tool=EBI

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