Pentraxin 3 Detects Clinically Significant Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis C.

Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) plays a pathogenic role in experimental models of chronic liver injury and contributes to the progression of fibrosis. The detection of advanced fibrosis (METAVIR F≥3) is important to identify patients who are in urgent need of antiviral treatments versus those whose treatment cou...

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Published in:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors: Gorka-Dynysiewicz, Joanna, Pazgan-Simon, Monika, Zuwala-Jagiello, Jolanta
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 4/2/2019
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