conclusions the apri had the highest sensitivity and specificity (64% and 71%, respectively) for prediction of the presence of liver disease. we suggest that apri may be applicable for the detection of a severe liver disease. objectives in this study, we evaluated and compared several available indices of the severity of liver diseases in patients with hepatitis. patients and methods exclusion ...

The staging of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is mandatory for both starting antiviral therapy and for starting a surveillance program for the early diagnosis of HCC. Considering that liver biopsy (LB) is " the best but not the gold standard " for the evaluation of fibrosis owed to possible limitations in the sample specimen and histological interpretation (1), the noninvasive eval...

Effects of partial root-zone irrigation (PRI) on the hydraulic conductivity in the soil-root system (L(sr)) in different root zones were investigated using a pot experiment. Maize plants were raised in split-root containers and irrigated on both halves of the container (conventional irrigation, CI), on one side only (fixed PRI, FPRI), or alternately on one of two sides (alternate PRI, APRI). Re...

Background. Assessment of liver fibrosis is essential to guide treatment in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), but non-invasive tests (NITs) showed poor accuracy. Our study aims evaluate the performance NITs among different AIH presentations. Methods. Monocentric retrospective 122 patients. were compared histological grading fibrosis. We performed an accuracy analysis acute (jaundice and/or transamina...

We enjoyed reading the excellent article by Yilmaz and colleagues on noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis using aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index (APRI) in adult patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) (1). They performed their tests on adults with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), B (CHB), and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We definitely need to develop serological mark...

BACKGROUND Non-invasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis are accurate in staging chronic liver diseases before treatment. AIM To prospectively assess liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in patients treated vs untreated, using non-invasive methods. METHOD 224 patients with CHC were included in the study: 179 received antiviral treatment for 48 weeks, and 45 patients recei...

To explore an effective noninvasive tool for monitoring liver fibrosis of children with biliary atresia (BA) is important but evidences are limited. This study is to investigate the predictive accuracy of supersonic shearwave elastography (SSWE) in liver fibrosis for postoperative patients with BA and to compare it with aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) and fibrosis-4 (F...

Without downgrading the histological assessment of liver fibrosis, efforts are being made to develop accurate and reliable non-invasive indices as alternatives to liver biopsy. Previously proposed panels of liver fibrosis usually include 2 to 7 blood markers. The majority of publications were concerned with liver fibrosis among patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). However, few studies have ...

Hepatozoon apri n. sp. is described from Japanese wild boars Sus scrofa leucomystax in Japan. The gamonts in the peripheral blood leukocytes were 11.6 ± 1.4 × 6.7 ± 1.3 μm in size. The meronts in the muscle tissues were 35.0-47.5 μm in length and 26.5-30 μm in width. A high rate (53.0%) of infection was found by nested PCR using muscle specimens from 181 wild boars captured in Tokushima, Japan....