Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Volume 40, 2005 - Issue 7
Submit an article Journal homepage
325
Views
110
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Cirrhosis in hepatitis C virus-infected patients can be excluded using an index of standard biochemical serum markers

Sara Islam Departments of Infectious Diseases, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
,
Linda Antonsson Departments of Infectious Diseases, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
,
Johan Westin Departments of Infectious Diseases, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
&
Martin Lagging Departments of Infectious Diseases, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Clinical Virology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD
Pages 867-872 | Received 31 Aug 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • WHO. Hepatitis C global prevalence (update). Weekly Epidemiologi Record 1999; 74: 425–7
  • Di Bisceglie AM. Natural history of hepatitis C: its impact on clinical management. Hepatology 2000; 31: 1014–8
  • Cadranel JF, Rufat P, Degos F. Practices of liver biopsy in France: results of a prospective nationwide survey. For the Group of Epidemiology of the French Association for the Study of the Liver (AFEF). Hepatology 2000; 32: 477–81
  • Garcia G, Keeffe EB. Liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C: routine or selective. Am J Gastroenterol 2001; 96: 3053–5
  • Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Pieroni L, Charlotte F, Benhamou Y, Poynard T. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Lancet 2001; 357(9262)1069–75
  • Petit JM, Benichou M, Duvillard L, Jooste V, Bour JB, Minello A, et al. Hepatitis C virus-associated hypobetalipoproteinemia is correlated with plasma viral load, steatosis, and liver fibrosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98: 1150–4
  • Patel K, Lajoie A, Heaton S, Pianko S, Behling CA, Bylund D, et al. Clinical use of hyaluronic acid as a predictor of fibrosis change in hepatitis C. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003; 18: 253–7
  • Carrera G, Paternain JL, Carrere N, Folch J, Courtade-Saidi M, Orfila C, et al. Hepatic metallothionein in patients with chronic hepatitis C: relationship with severity of liver disease and response to treatment. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98: 1142–9
  • Forns X, Ampurdanes S, Llovet JM, Aponte J, Quinto L, Martinez-Bauer E, et al. Identification of chronic hepatitis C patients without hepatic fibrosis by a simple predictive model. Hepatology 2002; 36: 986–92
  • Kaul V, Friedenberg FK, Braitman LE, Anis U, Zaeri N, Fazili J, et al. Development and validation of a model to diagnose cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2002; 97: 2623–8
  • Wai CT, Greenson JK, Fontana RJ, Kalbfleisch JD, Marrero JA, Conjeevaram HS, et al. A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2003; 38: 518–26
  • Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Chevret S, Jardel C, Moussalli J, et al. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients infected by hepatitis C virus: longitudinal validation in a randomized trial. J Viral Hepat 2002; 9: 128–33
  • Myers RP, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F, Charlotte F, Poynard T. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis: a comparison with historical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2002; 97: 2419–25
  • Poynard T, McHutchison J, Manns M, Myers RP, Albrecht J. Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. Hepatology 2003; 38: 481–92
  • Rossi E, Adams L, Prins A, Bulsara M, de Boer B, Garas G, et al. Validation of the FibroTest biochemical markers score in assessing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C patients. Clin Chem 2003; 49: 450–4
  • Ishak K, Baptista A, Bianchi L, Callea F, De Groote J, Gudat F, et al. Histological grading and staging of chronic hepatitis. J Hepatol 1995; 22: 696–9
  • Williams AL, Hoofnagle JH. Ratio of serum aspartate to alanine aminotransferase in chronic hepatitis. Relationship to cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 1988; 95: 734–9
  • Reedy DW, Loo AT, Levine RA. AST/ALT ratio > or = 1 is not diagnostic of cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Dig Dis Sci 1998; 43: 2156–9
  • Giannini E, Borro P, Botta F, Fumagalli A, Malfatti F, Podesta E, et al. Serum thrombopoietin levels are linked to liver function in untreated patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic hepatitis. J Hepatol 2002; 37: 572–7
  • Coverdale SA, Samarasinghe DA, Lin R, Kench J, Byth K, Khan MH, et al. Changes in antipyrine clearance and platelet count, but not conventional liver tests, correlate with fibrotic change in chronic hepatitis C: value for predicting fibrotic progression. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98: 1384–90
  • Mangia A, Minerva N, Ricci GL, Romano M, Canetta V, Persico M, et al. HCV genotype 2 and 3 can be cured by PEG-IFN-ALFA-2B and RBV for 12 wks: a randomized controlled study. J Hepatol 2004; 40 Suppl 1: 34

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.