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King's Score: an accurate marker of cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jul 2009
Cross Timothy J S, Rizzi Paolo, Berry Philip A, Bruce Matthew, Portmann Bernard, Harrison Phillip M
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OBJECTIVES: Histological assessment of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection is no longer performed routinely; consequently, a simple test is needed to identify patients with significant hepatic fibrosis. METHODS: Data were collected, retrospectively, on 923 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous liver biopsy for chronic hepatitis C at King's College Hospital between 1 January 2000 and 30 June 2006;...
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