Effect of liver inflammation on accuracy of FibroScan device in assessing liver fibrosis stage in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

CONCLUSION: Liver inflammation was an independent risk factor affecting the diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan for fibrosis stage. A combination of other related non-invasive factors can predict the risk of misdiagnosis of fibrosis staging using FibroScan.PMID:33642834 | PMC:PMC7901051 | DOI:10.3748/wjg.v27.i7.641

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - March 1, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ling-Ling Huang Xue-Ping Yu Ju-Lan Li Hui-Ming Lin Na-Ling Kang Jia-Ji Jiang Yue-Yong Zhu Yu-Rui Liu Da-Wu Zeng Source Type: research