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  • Title: [Liver fibrosis indexes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease].
    Author: Deng YQ, Fan XF.
    Journal: Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban; 2003 Jun; 32(3):241-3. PubMed ID: 12881873.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical utility of liver fibrosis indexes determination in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. METHODS: Liver fibrosis indexes of 79 patients with fatty liver, diagnosed by B ultrasonic echography, 37 patients with posthepatitic cirrhosis patients and 32 healthy subjects were determined. RESULTS: The level of procollagen III(PC III), hyaluronic acid (HA), collagen IV(C IV), laminin (LN) in the fatty liver cases were significantly higher than those of healthy subjects (P<0.05 - 0.01), but lower than those in the liver cirrhosis cases (P<0.01). The difference of PC III, C IV, LN between the severe and early fatty liver cases was significant (P<0.05 - 0.01). Positive rate of these indexes was higher in severe cases. CONCLUSION: There is a trend of liver fibrosis in severe fatty liver patients. Combined determination of liver fibrosis indexes may help the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in the fatty liver patients.
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