Serum metabolite profiles are associated with the presence of advanced liver fibrosis in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B viral infection

Abstract Background Accurate and noninvasive diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis are essential for effective clinical management of chronic liver disease (CLD). We aimed to identify serum metabolite markers that reliably predict the stage of fibrosis in CLD patients. Methods We quantitatively pr...

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Main Authors: Guoxiang Xie, Xiaoning Wang, Runmin Wei, Jingye Wang, Aihua Zhao, Tianlu Chen, Yixing Wang, Hua Zhang, Zhun Xiao, Xinzhu Liu, Youping Deng, Linda Wong, Cynthia Rajani, Sandi Kwee, Hua Bian, Xin Gao, Ping Liu, Wei Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01595-w