The impact of liver disease aetiology and the stages of hepatic fibrosis on the performance of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers: an international study of 2411 cases.

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Published in Aliment Pharmacol Ther on October 09, 2011

Authors

G Sebastiani1, L Castera, P Halfon, S Pol, A Mangia, V Di Marco, M Pirisi, M Voiculescu, M Bourliere, A Alberti

Author Affiliations

1: VIMM-Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis C in Adult Children of Female Baby Boomers | NCT03038763

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