The Relationship of the Degree of Hepatic Fibrosis with Hyaluronic Acid, Type 4 Collagen, and Procollagen Type 3 N-Terminal Peptide Levels in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Irak, Kader; Eminler, Ahmet; Ayyildiz, Talat; Keskin, Murat; NAK, SELİM; KIYICI, MURAT; GÜREL, SELİM; GÜLTEN, MACİT; Dolar, MAHMUT

doi:10.4274/vhd.25338

The Relationship of the Degree of Hepatic Fibrosis with Hyaluronic Acid, Type 4 Collagen, and Procollagen Type 3 N-Terminal Peptide Levels in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Irak K., Eminler A. T., Ayyildiz T., Keskin M., NAK S. G., KIYICI M., ...Daha Fazla

VIRAL HEPATIT DERGISI-VIRAL HEPATITIS JOURNAL, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.8-12, 2015 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.4274/vhd.25338
Dergi Adı: VIRAL HEPATIT DERGISI-VIRAL HEPATITIS JOURNAL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.8-12
Anahtar Kelimeler: Fibrosis, chronic viral hepatitis, non-invasive marker, liver biopsy
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: To investigate the relationship of liver histopathology with the levels of noninvasive markers, namely hyaluronic acid (HA) type 4 collagen and procollagen 3 amino-terminal peptide (P3NP) used for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.