Can noninvasive biomarkers replace liver biopsy for chronic hepatitis B?

Chih-Lin Lin^{1

2}, Jia-Horng Kao^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Ren-Ai branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Comment

Chih-Lin Lin et al. Hepatology. 2015 Dec.

. 2015 Dec;62(6):1924-5.

doi: 10.1002/hep.27865. Epub 2015 May 26.

Chih-Lin Lin^{1

2}, Jia-Horng Kao^{3

4

5

6}

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Ren-Ai branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Reply: To PMID 25132233.
Xiao G, Shen J, Yan L. Xiao G, et al. Hepatology. 2015 Dec;62(6):1925. doi: 10.1002/hep.27861. Epub 2015 Jun 19. Hepatology. 2015. PMID: 25914161 No abstract available.