A simple non-invasive test for ruling out cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: cjliu@ntu.edu.tw.

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Tai-Chung Tseng et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;4(7):495-496.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30118-9. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: cjliu@ntu.edu.tw.

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Optimisation of the use of APRI and FIB-4 to rule out cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B: results from the SONIC-B study.
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