Article
Latent class analysis of noninvasive methods and liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C: an approach without a gold standard
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FERNANDES, Flavia F. et al. Latent class Analysis of noninvasive methods and liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C: an approach without a gold standard. BioMed Research International, v. 2017, 2017.
2314-6141
10.1155/2017/8252980
Autor
Fernandes, Flavia F.
Perazzo, Hugo
Andrade, Luiz E.
Dellavance, Alessandra
Terra, Carlos
Pereira, Gustavo
Pereira, João L.
Campos, Frederico
Ferraz, Maria L.
Perez, Renata M.
Resumen
To evaluate the applicability of the Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and accuracy of transient elastography (TE), aspartate-to-platelet-ratio-index (APRI), enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF), and liver biopsy (LB) for liver fibrosis assessment in a model without a gold standard.