Serum YKL-40 as a biomarker for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly elevated ALT.
Purpose: YKL-40 is a chitinase-like protein expressed in multiple tissues including liver and is reported as a fibrosis marker. This study aimed to determine whether YKL-40 could serve as a diagnostic marker for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal and mildly...
| Publicado en: | Infection Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 385 - 394 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2018
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |