A Liver Biopsy Validation Pilot Study of Shear Wave Elastography, APRI, FIB-4, and Novel Serum Biomarkers for Liver Fibrosis Staging in Children With Chronic Viral Hepatitis

• Main Authors: Rebecca Mercedes MD (Author), Jameisha Brown PhD (C) (Author), Charles Minard PhD, MS (Author), Cynthia M. Tsai BS (Author), Sridevi Devaraj PHD, DABCC, FACB (Author), Marthe Munden MD, FAIUM (Author), Daniel Leung MD, FAASLD, FAAP (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As liver biopsy in children poses inherent risks, noninvasive measures of liver fibrosis are needed. This was a cross-sectional, liver biopsy validation pilot study of 16 participants evaluating the ability of shear wave elastography, aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis i...