Noninvasive Measures of Liver Fibrosis

Quantum Dots for Live Cells, in Vivo Imaging, and Diagnostics

2005 • 7,550 citations

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2002 • 5,091 citations

A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

2003 • 4,023 citations

An algorithm for the grading of activity in chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 3,858 citations

Formulation and application of a numerical scoring system for assessing histological activity in asymptomatic chronic active hepatitis

1981 • 3,549 citations

Natural history of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C

1997 • 3,027 citations

Prospective comparison of transient elastography, Fibrotest, APRI, and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

2005 • 2,424 citations

Sampling error and intraobserver variation in liver biopsy in patients with chronic HCV infection

2002 • 1,981 citations

Sampling Variability of Liver Biopsy in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2005 • 1,920 citations

Looking and listening to light: the evolution of whole-body photonic imaging

2005 • 1,520 citations

Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis by measurement of stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis C

2004 • 1,452 citations

Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study

2001 • 1,432 citations

Morbidity and mortality in compensated cirrhosis type C: A retrospective follow-up study of 384 patients

1997 • 1,426 citations

Adefovir Dipivoxil for the Treatment of Hepatitis B e Antigen–Positive Chronic Hepatitis B

2003 • 1,354 citations

Liver fibrosis progression in human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus coinfected patients

1999 • 1,234 citations

Impact of pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin on liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

2002 • 1,150 citations

Identification of chronic hepatitis C patients without hepatic fibrosis by a simple predictive model

2002 • 1,078 citations

Serum markers detect the presence of liver fibrosis: A cohort study

2004 • 1,039 citations

Adefovir Dipivoxil for the Treatment of Hepatitis B e Antigen–Negative Chronic Hepatitis B

2003 • 1,016 citations

Practices of Liver Biopsy in France: Results of a Prospective Nationwide Survey

2000 • 986 citations

Pharmacological Treatment of Portal Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Approach

1999 • 793 citations

Sources of variability in histological scoring of chronic viral hepatitis

2005 • 524 citations

AST/ALT Ratio Predicts Cirrhosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

1998 • 516 citations

Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Asian countries

2000 • 495 citations

Grading and staging the histopathological lesions of chronic hepatitis: The Knodell histology activity index and beyond

2000 • 490 citations

Long-term beneficial effect of interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

1999 • 450 citations

Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer–based total serum protein glycomics

2004 • 416 citations

Host genetic factors influence disease progression in chronic hepatitis C

2000 • 412 citations

Fibrosis and disease progression in hepatitis C

2002 • 405 citations

Validity and Clinical Utility of the Aspartate Aminotransferase–Alanine Aminotransferase Ratio in Assessing Disease Severity and Prognosis in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus–Related Chronic Liver Disease

2003 • 376 citations

Structure of the Extracellular Matrix in Normal and Fibrotic Liver: Collagens and Glycoproteins

1990 • 366 citations

Comparison and validation of simple noninvasive tests for prediction of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

2005 • 354 citations

Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV FibroSure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

2004 • 353 citations

Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B

2003 • 342 citations

Evaluation of a panel of non-invasive serum markers to differentiate mild from moderate-to-advanced liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients

2004 • 330 citations

Reversibility of Hepatic Fibrosis in Autoimmune Hepatitis

1997 • 288 citations

Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin

2003 • 254 citations

Validation of the FibroTest Biochemical Markers Score in Assessing Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Patients

2003 • 243 citations

The Role of Matrix Stiffness in Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Liver Fibrosis

2005 • 221 citations

Predictors of Large Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis

1999 • 213 citations

Predictors of large esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis

1999 • 208 citations

Improved prediction of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C using measures of insulin resistance in a probability index

2004 • 190 citations

Risk Factors for the Presence of Varices in Cirrhotic Patients Without a History of Variceal Hemorrhage

2001 • 179 citations

Aspartate aminotransferase : alanine aminotransferase ratio in chronic hepatitis C infection: Is it a useful predictor of cirrhosis?

2000 • 173 citations

Hepatitis B virus DNA levels, precore mutations, genotypes and histological activity in chronic hepatitis B

2000 • 161 citations

Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease

2005 • 160 citations

Prediction of Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection by Serum Proteomic Fingerprinting: A Pilot Study

2005 • 132 citations

Alpha-2-macroglobulin and hepatic fibrosis

1994 • 124 citations

Comparison of serum procollagen III peptide concentrations and PGA index for assessment of hepatic fibrosis

1993 • 118 citations

Antifibrotic therapy in chronic liver disease

2005 • 115 citations

Treatment of patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis

2002 • 93 citations

C-galactose breath test and C-aminopyrine breath test for the study of liver function in chronic liver disease

2005 • 53 citations

Prognostic evaluation of patients with parenchymal cirrhosis

1997 • 49 citations

Monoethylglycinexylidide formation measurement as a hepatic function test to assess severity of chronic liver disease.

1997 • 45 citations

13C-breath tests and liver fibrosis.

2004 • 18 citations

Hepatitis C virus antiviral therapy in patients with cirrhosis

2004 • 9 citations

Advances in Liver Biopsy Diagnosis

1994 • 8 citations

313 A serum proteomic analysis in hepatitis C fibrosis

2005 • 1 citations