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Liver stiffness measurement predicts liver-related events in patients with chronic hepatitis C: A retrospective study

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  • Ana Zaida Gomez-Moreno
  • Daniel Pineda-Tenor
  • Maria Angeles Jimenez-Sousa
  • Juan Jose Sánchez-Ruano
  • Tomas Artaza-Varasa
  • Jose Saura-Montalban
  • Pablo Ryan
  • Salvador Resino

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The management of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) depends on their clinical stage. Thus, noninvasive early recognition of patients with CHC at high risk for developing liver-related events (LREs) is important because it ensures optimal preventative management strategies may be employed that can affect the course of CHC disease. Our aim was to determine whether liver stiffness measurement (LSM) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients is associated with a risk of LREs, particularly in cirrhotic patients. We carried out a retrospective study on 343 HCV-infected patients stratified according to cirrhosis (LSM

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  • Ana Zaida Gomez-Moreno & Daniel Pineda-Tenor & Maria Angeles Jimenez-Sousa & Juan Jose Sánchez-Ruano & Tomas Artaza-Varasa & Jose Saura-Montalban & Pablo Ryan & Salvador Resino, 2017. "Liver stiffness measurement predicts liver-related events in patients with chronic hepatitis C: A retrospective study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(9), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0184404
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184404
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