The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Index Predicts Hepatic Fibrosis Superior to FIB4 and APRI in HIV/HCV Infected Patients

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 450 - 459
• Main Authors: Abdel-hameed, Enass A, Rouster, Susan D, Kottilil, Shyam, Sherman, Kenneth E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 02.08.2021
• Subjects: Major and Commentaries; ELF-index; APRI; Liver fibrosis; FIB4; HIV/HCV

Accurate non-invasive biomarkers of fibrotic progression are important for HCV management, but commonly used modalities may have decreased efficacy in HIV/HCV-coinfected persons. The enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF)-index is a highly sensitive non-invasive marker of hepatic fibrosis that has had limite...