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Levels of Alanine Aminotransferase Confound Use of Transient Elastography to Diagnose Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection  Elliot.

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1 Levels of Alanine Aminotransferase Confound Use of Transient Elastography to Diagnose Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection  Elliot B. Tapper, Eric B. Cohen, Keyur Patel, Bruce Bacon, Stuart Gordon, Eric Lawitz, David Nelson, Imad A. Nasser, Tracy Challies, Nezam Afdhal  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages e1 (August 2012) DOI: /j.cgh Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Proportion of our patients with F0–F2 fibrosis who met published criteria for cirrhosis is depicted as a function of histologic grade of inflammation. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , e1DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Proportion of our patients with F0–F2 fibrosis who met published criteria for cirrhosis is depicted as a function of ALT level. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , e1DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

4 Supplementary Figure 1 A flow chart detailing patient disposition for the analysis. Patients with non–hepatitis C liver disease and F3-F4 fibrosis formed the vast majority of exclusions. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , e1DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions


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