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General Reports
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Significance of Anti-HCV Signal-to-Cutoff Ratio in Predicting Hepatitis C Viremia.
Seo YS, Jung ES, Kim JH, et al
 Korean J Intern Med. 2009 Dec;24(4):302-8
 Abstract

Occult HCV infection revisited with ultra-sensitive real-time PCR assay.
 Halfon P, Bourličre M, Ouzan D, et al  
 J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Apr 30
Abstract

Significance of hepatitis C virus core protein in the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection
in different liver diseases.
Irshad M, Dhar I, Joshi YK.  
J Investig Med. 2006 Dec;54(8):478-83.
 Abstract
Depression
       

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Screening for depression in patients with hepatitis C using the Beck Depression Inventory-II: do somatic symptoms compromise validity?
Patterson AL, Morasco BJ, Fuller BE, et al
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011 Jul-Aug;33(4):354-62.
Abstract

Assessment of the PHQ-9 as a Screening Tool for Depression in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C.
 Dbouk N, Arguedas MR, Sheikh A. 
Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Oct 13;
 Abstract
Cirrhosis
       

  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Noninvasive laboratory tests proposed for predicting cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C are
also useful in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Fujii H, Enomoto M, Fukushima W, et al
J Gastroenterol. 2009 Apr 10.
 Abstract

A 7 gene signature identifies the risk of developing cirrhosis in patients with chronic
hepatitis C.
 Huang H, Shiffman ML, Friedman S, et al
Hepatology. 2007 Apr 26;
Abstract

A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients
with chronic hepatitis C.
Wai CT, Greenson JK, Fontana RJ, et al  
Hepatology. 2003 Aug;38(2):518-26.
 Abstract

Cirrhosis or Chronic Hepatitis: Evaluation of Small (</=2-cm) Early-Enhancing Hepatic
Lesions with Serial Contrast-enhanced Dynamic MR Imaging.
 Shimizu A, Ito K, Koike S, et al
Radiology 2003 Feb;226(2):550-5
 Abstract
Cryoglobulinemia
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Detection, using a novel method, of a high prevalence of cryoglobulinemia in persistent hepatitis
C virus infection.
 Okuse C, Yotsuyanagi H, Okazaki T, et al 
Hepatol Res. 2003 Sep;27(1):18-22.
 Abstract
Fibrosis
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
'Fibro-α score as a simple and useful non-invasive test for predicting significant liver fibrosis
in chronic hepatitis C patients.
Omran MM, Farid K, Emran TM, Attallah AA.
Arab J Gastroenterol. 2011 Jun;12(2):74-9
 Abstract

Non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in liver grafts due to hepatitis C virus recurrence.
J S Cross T, Jothimani D, Heneghan MA, Harrison PM.
Clin Transplant. 2011 Apr 25.
Abstract

Non-invasive evaluation of the fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C:
a comparative analysis of nine scoring methods.
Ladero JM, Delkader J, Ortega L, et al
Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010;45(1):51-9.
 Abstract

Utility of biochemical models predictive of liver fibrosis grade in inmates with hepatitis C.
Portilla J, López-Burgos A, Saiz-De-La-Hoya-Zamácola P, et al  
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 May 26
 Abstract

Prospective evaluation of transient elastography for the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in Asians:
comparison with liver biopsy and aspartate transaminase platelet ratio index (APRI).
 Chang JP, Lui HF, Chau YP, et al
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Apr 11
 Abstract
 
Reliability of transient elastography for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in chronic
hepatitis C.
 Pinzani M, Arena U, Vizzutti F, et al 
Gut. 2008 Apr 30

 
Role of AST to platelet ratio index in the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with recurrent hepatitis
C after liver transplantation.
 Toniutto P, Fabris C, Bitetto D, et al
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Nov;22(11):1904-8.
 Abstract
 
Immunochemical identification and detection of serum fibronectin in liver fibrosis patients with
chronic hepatitis C.
 Attallah AM, Zahran F, Ismail H, et al
J Immunoassay Immunochem. 2007;28(4):331-42.
Abstract
 
FibroTest and FibroScan for the Prediction of Hepatitis C-Related Fibrosis: A Systematic Review
of Diagnostic Test Accuracy.
Shaheen AA, Wan AF, Myers RP. et al
 Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Sep 10;
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Noninvasive diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis
C.Stauber RE, Lackner C. 
World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Aug 28;13(32):4287-9
 Paper
 
Transient elastography for patients with chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection: Non-invasive,
quantitative assessment of liver fibrosis.
 Ogawa E, Furusyo N, Toyoda K, et al
Hepatol Res. 2007 Jul 1;
 Abstract
 
FIB-4: An inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV infection. comparison with
liver biopsy and fibrotest.
Vallet-Pichard A, Mallet V, Nalpas B, et al
Hepatology. 2007 Jun 13;
Abstract
 
The APRI may be enhanced by the use of the FIBROSpect II in the estimation of fibrosis in
chronic hepatitis C.
 Snyder N, Nguyen A, Gajula L, et al
Clin Chim Acta. 2007 Mar 19;
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The FibroTest Value in Discriminating between Insignificant and Significant Fibrosis in
Chronic Hepatitis C Patients. The Romanian Experience.
Grigorescu M, Rusu M, Neculoiu D, et al
 J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2007 Mar;16(1):31-37
 Paper
 
Assessment of FIBROSpect II to detect hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients.
Zaman A, Rosen HR, Ingram K, et al
 Am J Med. 2007 Mar;120(3):280.
 Abstract
 
Significant liver damage in patients with bleeding disorders and chronic hepatitis C:
non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis using transient elastography.
 Posthouwer D, Mauser-Bunschoten EP. et al  
 J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jan;5(1):25-30.
 Abstract
 
Evaluating Liver Fibrosis Progression and the Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV
and Hepatitis C Coinfection Using a Noninvasive Marker.
Al-Mohri H, Murphy T, Lu Y,
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Jan 4;
Abstract
 
A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis.
 Cales P, Oberti F, Michalak S, et al
Hepatology. 2005 Nov 29;42(6):1373-1381
Abstract
 
Comparison and validation of simple noninvasive tests for prediction of fibrosis in chronic
hepatitis C.
 Lackner C, Struber G, Liegl B. et al 
Hepatology. 2005 May 24;41(6):1376-1382
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV
FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M  
Comp Hepatol. 2004 Sep 23;3(1):8.
Paper

A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with
chronic hepatitis C.
Wai CT, Greenson JK, Fontana RJ, et al  
Hepatology. 2003 Aug;38(2):518-26.
 Abstract
Alpha-Interferon-Ribavirin-Associated Retinopathy
       

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Retinopathy-associated alpha-interferon-ribavirin therapy and the importance of the electro-
oculogram: a case report
 Crochet M, Ingster-Moati I, Even G, Dupuy P. 
J Fr Ophtalmol. 2004 Mar;27(3):257-62.
 Abstract
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
       

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Cost-effectiveness analysis on the surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis patients using
contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.
Tanaka H, Iijima H, Nouso K,  et al
Hepatol Res. 2012 Jan 3.
 Abstract

Diagnostic significance of plasma osteopontin in hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma.
Abu El Makarem MA, Abdel-Aleem A, Ali A, Saber R,  et al
Ann Hepatol. 2011 Jun 1;10(3):296-305
 Abstract

Usefulness of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) as a marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
in hepatitis C virus related cirrhosis: analysis of the factors influencing AFP elevation
without hcc development
Kim KA, Lee JS, Jung ES, et al
 Korean J Gastroenterol. 2006 Nov;48(5):321-6.
 Abstract
Steatohepatitis
       

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Noninvasive laboratory tests proposed for predicting cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C are
also useful in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Fujii H, Enomoto M, Fukushima W, et al
J Gastroenterol. 2009 Apr 10.
 Abstract
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