Title of article :
Is the aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio adequate for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease?
Author/Authors :
Parsian, Hadi Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol
Abstract :
I read with great interest the article by Yusuf Yilmaz et
al. (1) published in a recent issue of of Hepatitis Monthly.
The authors retrospectively studied 207 patients with
chronic hepatitis B (CHB), 108 with chronic hepatitis C
(CHC), and 140 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD). All participants underwent liver biopsy.
Keywords :
Aspartate transaminase , Liver fibrosis
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
