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Article: Investigators at University of Paris release new data on hepatitis B virus.
- Article from:
- Hepatitis Weekly
- Article date:
- June 29, 2009
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Data detailed in 'The accuracy of the FIB-4 index for the diagnosis of mild fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B' have been presented. According to a study from Paris, France, "The Fib-4 index is a simple and inexpensive biomarker to delineate liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. To assess the accuracy of the FIB-4 index in chronic hepatitis B."
"We compared the FIB-4 index with 138 synchronous liver biopsies and with 372 synchronous FibroTest performed either in France or in an endemic area (Mayotte, an overseas collectivity of France). The FIB-4 index allowed the correct identification of patients with nil-to-moderate fibrosis with an area under the receiving ...
<0.001), increasing as a function of the length of the liver biopsy (up to 0.94 for liver biopsies>