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Evaluation of liver steatosis, measured by controlled attenuation parameter, in patients with hepatitis C-induced advanced liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Nov 2018
Abdelaziz Ashraf O, Shousha Hend I, Said Ebada M, Soliman Zeinab A, Shehata Ahmed A, Nabil Mohamed M, Abdelmaksoud Ahmed H, Elbaz Tamer M, Abdelsalam Fatma M
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INTRODUCTION: Steatosis is a documented feature of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). There is an association between steatosis decrease and fibrosis progression. The association between steatosis and advanced fibrosis versus hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development has not been precisely evaluated. The controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) was applied as an immediate and efficient process to detect and quantify...
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