“Defragmenting” the noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Hopes from cytokeratin-18
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Cytokeratin-18 fragment levels as noninvasive biomarkers for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a multicenter validation study.
UNLABELLED Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). We have recently demonstrated that plasma cytokeratin 18 (CK-18) fragment levels correlate with the magnitude of hepatocyte apoptosis and independently predict the presence of NASH. The goal of this study was to validate the use of this biomarker for NASH diagnosis. The study was an ancillary s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23065