Prospective screening of liver fibrosis in a primary care cohort using systematic calculation of fib-4 in routine results.

Prospective screening of liver fibrosis in a primary care cohort using systematic calculation of fib-4 in routine results.

<h4>Background & aim</h4>Liver fibrosis screening in primary care population is a major public health issue. The FIB-4 index is a simple non-invasive fibrosis test combining age, transaminases, platelets count, developed for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis. The aim of our study wa...

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Main Authors: Philippe Halfon, Christelle Ansaldi, Guillaume Penaranda, Laurent Chiche, Patrick Dukan, Chloé Stavris, Anne Plauzolles, Frédérique Retornaz, Marc Bourliere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254939

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