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Additional File 1: Comprehensive list of 157 publications concerning FibroTest's performance
Comprehensive list of publications concerning FibroTest performance (2001-2010)
1.Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Pieroni L, Charlotte F, Benhamou Y, Poynard T. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective study. Lancet 2001; 357:1069-75.
2.Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Chevret S, Jardel C, Moussalli J, Messous D, Degos F. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients infected by Hepatitis C Virus: Longitudinal validation in a randomized trial. J Viral Hepatitis 2002; 9:128-133.
3.Myers RP, Ratziu V, Charlotte F, Imbert-Bismut F, Poynard T. Biochemical markers of liver fibrosis: a comparison with historical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97;2419-25.
4.Halfon P, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Antoniotti G, Benchetrit D, Cart-Lamy P, Delaporte G, Doutheau D, Klump T, Sala M, Thibaud D, Trepo E, Robert P. Myers RP, Poynard T. A prospective assessment of the inter-laboratory variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest) in patients with chronic liver disease. Comparative Hepatology 2002; 2:3-7.
5.Myers RP, de Torres M, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Charlotte F, Poynard T. Biochemical markers of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a comparison with prothrombin time, platelet count and the age-platelet index. Dig Dis Sci 2003;48:146-153.
6.Rossi E, Adams L, Prins A, Bulsara M, De Boer B, Garas G, MacQuillan G, Speers D, Jeffrey G. Validation of the FibroTest Biochemical Markers Score in Assessing Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Patients. Clin Chem. 2003;49:450-454.
7.Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Myers RP, Di Martino V, Thabut D, Moussalli J, Benhamou Y. Fibrotest even better than liver biopsy ? Clin Chem 2003. Electronic letter Response: (21 March 2003)
8.Myers RP, Benhamou Y, Imbert-Bismut F, Thibault V, Bochet M, Charlotte F, Ratziu V, Bricaire F, Katlama C, Poynard T. Serum biochemical markers accurately predict liver fibrosis in HIV and hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients. AIDS 2003;17:721-725.
9.Poynard T. Cost effectiveness of pegylated interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin combination in chronic hepatitis C. Gut. 2003;52:1532 (letter).
10.Thabut D, Simon M, Myers RP, Messous D, Thibaut V, Imbert-Bismut F, Poynard T. Noninvasive prediction of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2003; 37:1220-1. (letter)
11.Poynard T, McHutchison J, Manns M, Myers RP, Albrecht J. Biochemical surrogate markers of liver fibrosis and activity in a randomized trial of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. Hepatology. 2003;38:481-492.
12.Myers RP, Tainturier MH, Ratziu V, Piton A, Thibault V, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Charlotte F, Di Martino V, Benhamou Y, Poynard T. Prediction of liver histological lesions with biochemical markers in patients with chronic hepatitis B. J Hepatol. 2003;39:222-30.
13.Le Calvez S, Thabut D, Messous D, Munteanu M, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F, Poynard T. Fibrotest has higher predictive values than APRI for fibrosis diagnosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2004;39:862-3. (letter)
14.Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Thibaut V, Myers RB, Piton A, Thabut D, Devers L, Hainque B, Mercadier A, Poynard T. Intralaboratory analytical variability of biochemical markers of fibrosis (Fibrotest) and activity (Actitest) and reference ranges in healthy blood donors. Clin Chem Lab Med 2004;42:323-333.
15.Callewaert N, Van Vlierberghe H, Van Hecke A, Laroy W, Delanghe J, Contreras R. Noninvasive diagnosis of liver cirrhosis using DNA sequencer-based total serum protein glycomics. Nature Med 2004;10;429-34.
16.Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V. Serum markers of liver fibrosis. Hepatology Rev 2004;1:25-33.
17.Poynard T, Munteanu M, Imbert-Bismut F, Charlotte F, Thabut D, Le Calvez S, Messous D, Thibault V, Benhamou Y, Moussalli J, Ratziu V. Prospective Analysis of Discordant Results between Biochemical Markers and Biopsy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Clin Chem. 2004;50:1344-1355.
18.Munteanu M, Messous D, Thabut D, Imbert-Bismut F, Jouys M, Massard J, Piton A, Bonyhay L, Ratziu V, Hainque B, Poynard T. Intra-individual fasting versus postprandial variation of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest) and activity (ActiTest). Comp Hepatol 2004;3,3.
19.Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M, Messous D, Myers RP, Thabut D, Ratziu V, Mercadier A, Benhamou Y, Hainque B. Overview of the diagnostic value of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis (FibroTest, HCV-Fibrosure) and necrosis (ActiTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Comp Hepatol 2004;3:8.
20.Ferard G, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Piton A, Ueda S, Poynard T, Lessinger JM. A reference material for traceability of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) results. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2005;43:549-53.
21.Naveau S, Raynard B, Ratziu V, Abella A, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Beuzen F, Capron F, Thabut D, Munteanu M, Chaput JC, Poynard T. Biomarkers for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005;3:167-74.
22.Castéra L, Vergniol J, Foucher J, Brigitte Le Bail B, Chanteloup E, Haaser M, Darriet M, Couzigou P, de Lédinghen V. Prospective comparison of transient elastography, Fibrotest, APRI and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology 2005;128:343-50.
23.Poynard T, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M, Ratziu V. FibroTest-FibroSURE: towards a universal biomarker of liver fibrosis? Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2005;5:15-21.
24.Poynard T, Zoulim F, Ratziu V, Degos F, Imbert-Bismut F, Deny P, Landais P, El Hasnaoui A, Slama A, Blin P, Thibault V, Parvaz P, Munteanu M, Trepo C. Longitudinal assessment of histology surrogate markers (Fibrotest-Actitest) during lamivudine therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Am J Gast 2005;100:1970-80.
25.Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Raoult A, Poynard T, Bertrand JJ, Marie PA, Louis V, Audy C, Thouy JM, Hainque B, Piton A. Results transferability on RXL, ARX, X-Pand, BN2 (Dade Behring) and modular DP (Roche Diagnostics) analysers: application to component assays of fibrotest and Actitest Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2005;63:305-13.
26.Piton A, Messous D, Imbert-Bismut F, Berges J, Munteanu M, Poynard T, Hainque B. Alpha 2 macroglobulin immunoturbidimetric assays (DakoCytomation reagents) on Roche Diagnostic analysers (Modular P, Cobas Integra). Application to FibroTest-ActiTest. Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2005;63:385-95.
27.Poynard T, Ratziu V, Benhamou Y, Thabut D, Moussalli J. Biomarkers as a first-line estimate of injury in chronic liver diseases: time for a moratorium on liver biopsy? Gastroenterology. 2005;128:1146-8.
28.Poynard T, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M.Fibrosis biomarkers are not only a formula. Clin Chem 2005. (6 September 2005). Electronic letter.
29.Cales P, Oberti F, Michalak S, Hubert-Fouchard I, Rousselet MC, Konate A, Gallois Y, Ternisien C, Chevailler A, Lunel F. A novel panel of blood markers to assess the degree of liver fibrosis. Hepatology. 2005;42:1373-81.
30.Colletta C, Smirne C, Fabris C, Toniutto P, Rapetti R, Minisini R, Pirisi M. Value of two noninvasive methods to detect progression of fibrosis among HCV carriers with normal aminotransferases. Hepatology. 2005;42:838-45.
31.Poynard T, Ratziu V, Naveau S, Thabut D, Charlotte F, Messous D, Capron D, Abella A, Massard J, Ngo Y, Munteanu M, Mercadier A, Manns M, Albrecht J. The diagnostic value of biomarkers (SteatoTest) for the prediction of liver steatosis. Comp Hepatol. 2005;4:10
32.Varaut A, Fontaine H, Serpaggi J, Verkarre V, Vallet-Pichard A, Nalpas B, Imbert Bismuth F, Lebray P, Pol S. Diagnostic accuracy of the fibrotest in hemodialysis and renal transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus. Transplantation. 2005;80:1550-5.
33.Rosenthal-Allieri MA, Peritore ML, Tran A, Halfon P, Benzaken S, Bernard A. Analytical variability of the Fibrotest proteins. Clin Biochem. 2005;38:473-8.
34.D’Arondel C, Munteanu M, Moussalli J, Thibault V, Naveau S, Simon A, Messous D, Morra R, Blot C, Poynard T. A prospective assessment of an “a la carte" regimen of PEG Interferon alfa 2b and ribavirin combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C using biochemical markers. J Vir Hep 2006;13:182-9.
35.Ratziu V, Massard J, Charlotte F, Messous D, Imbert-Bismut F, Bonyhay L, Tahiri M, Munteanu M, Thabut D, Cadranel JF, Le Bail B, De Ledinghen V, Poynard T, the LIDO Study Group and the CYTOL Study Group. Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (FibroTest-FibroSURE) for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. BMC Gastroenterology 2006, 6:6.
36.Castera L, Foucher J, Bertet J, Couzigou P, de Ledinghen V. FibroScan and FibroTest to assess liver fibrosis in HCV with normal aminotransferases. Hepatology. 2006;43:373-4. (Letter)
37.Poynard T, Munteanu M, Ngo Y, Torres M, Benhamou Y, Thabut D, Ratziu V. Diagnostic value of FibroTest with normal serum aminotransferases. Hepatology. 2006;43:374-5. (Letter).
38.Halfon P, Bourliere M, Deydier R, Portal. I, Renou R, Bertrand J, Trana A, Rosenthal A, Rotily M, Sattonet A. Independent prospective multicenter validation of biochemical markers (Fibrotest-Actitest) for the prediction of liver fibrosis and activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Am J Gastro 2006;101:547–555.
39.Ferard G, Piton A, Messous D, Imbert-Bismut F, Frairi A, Poynard T, Lessinger JM. Intermethod calibration of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) results: application to Fibrotest and Actitest scores. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2006;44:400-6.
40.Thabut D, Trabut JB, Massard J, Rudler M, Muntenau M, Messous D, Poynard T. Non-invasive diagnosis of large oesophageal varices with FibroTest in patients with cirrhosis: a preliminary retrospective study. Liver Int. 2006;26:271-8.
41.Thabut D, Naveau S, Charlotte F, Massard J, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F,Cazals-Hatem D, Abella A, Messous D, Beuzen F, Munteanu M, Taieb J, Moreau R, Lebrec D, Poynard T. The diagnostic value of biomarkers (AshTest) for the prediction of alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease. J Hepatol. 2006;44:1175-85.
42.Sebastiani G, Vario A, Guido M, Noventa F, Plebani M, Pistis R, Ferrari A, Alberti A. Stepwise combination algorithms of non-invasive markers to diagnose significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol. 2006;44:686-93.
43.Wilson LE, Torbenson M, Astemborski J, Faruki H, Spoler C, Rai R, Mehta S, Kirk GD, Nelson K, Afdhal N, Thomas DL. Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2006;43:788-95.
44.Sène D , Limal N, Messous D, Ghillani-Dalbin P, Charlotte F, Halfon P, Thiollière JM, Piette JC, Imbert-Bismut F, Halfon P, Poynard T, Cacoub P. Biological markers of liver fibrosis and activity as non-invasive alternatives to liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis. Clin Biochem 2006;39:715-21.
45.Thabut D, Le Calvez S, Thibault V, Massard J, Munteanu M, Di Martino V, Ratziu V, Poynard T. Hepatitis C in 6,865 Patients 65 yr or Older: A severe and neglected curable disease? Am J Gastroenterol. 2006;101:1260-7.
46.Maor Y, Bashari D, Kenet G, Lubetsky A, Luboshitz J, Schapiro JM, Penaranda G, Bar-Meir S, Martinowitz U, Halfon P. Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in haemophilia patients with hepatitis C: can you avoid liver biopsy? Haemophilia. 2006;12:372-9.
47.Ngo Y, Munteanu M, Messous D, Charlotte F, Imbert-Bismut F, Thabut D, Lebray P, Thibault V, Benhamou Y, Moussalli J, Ratziu V, Poynard T. A prospective analysis of the prognostic value of biomarkers (FibroTest) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Clin Chem. 2006;52:1887-96.
48.Poynard T, Ratziu V, Charlotte F, Messous D, Munteanu M, Imbert Bismut F, Massard J, Bonyhay L, Tahiri M, Thabut D, Cadranel JF, Le Bail B, de Ledinghen V, Group L, Group C. Diagnostic value of biochemical markers (NashTest) for the prediction of NASH in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. BMC Gastroenterol. 2006;6:34.
49.Bourliere M, Penaranda G, Renou C, Botta-Fridlund D, Tran A, Portal I,Lecomte L, Castellani P, Rosenthal-Allieri MA, Gerolami R, Ouzan D, Deydier R, Degott C, Halfon P. Validation and comparison of indexes for fibrosis and cirrhosis prediction in chronic hepatitis C patients: proposal for a pragmatic approach classification without liver biopsies. J Viral Hepat. 2006;13:659-70.
50.Ratziu V, Giral P, Munteanu M, Messous D, Mercadier A, Bernard M, Morra R, Imbert-Bismut F, Bruckert E, Poynard T. Screening for liver disease using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest-SteatoTest-NashTest-FibroSURE) in patients with hyperlipidaemia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007;25:207-18.
51.Halfon P, Bacq Y, De Muret A, Penaranda G, Bourliere M, Ouzan D, Tran A, Botta D, Renou C, Brechot MC, Degott C, Paradis V. Comparison of test performance profile for blood tests of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol. 2007;46:395-402.
52.Poynard T, Halfon P, Castera L, Charlotte F, Bail BL, Munteanu M, Messous D, Ratziu V, Benhamou Y, Bourliere M, Ledinghen VD; the FIBROPACA group. Variability of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves in the diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers: impact of biopsy length and fragmentation. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007;25:733-739.
53.Sebastiani G, Vario A, Guido M, Alberti A. Sequential algorithms combining non-invasive markers and biopsy for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B. World J Gastroenterol. 2007;13:525-31.
54.Leroy V, Hilleret MN, Sturm N, Trocme C, Renversez JC, Faure P, Morel F, Zarski JP. Prospective comparison of six non-invasive scores for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol. 2007;46:775-82.
55.Grigorescu M, Rusu M, Neculoiu D, Radu C, Aerban A, Caþanao M, Grigorescu MD. The FibroTest value in discriminating between insignificant and significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. The Romanian Experience Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2007; 16: 31-37l.
56.Berends MA, Snoek J, de Jong EM, Van Krieken JH, de Knegt RJ, van Oijen MG, van de Kerkhof PC, Drenth JP.Biochemical and biophysical assessment of MTX-induced liver fibrosis in psoriasis patients: Fibrotest predicts the presence and Fibroscan predicts the absence of significant liver fibrosis. Liver Int. 2007;27:639-45.
57.Vallet-Pichard A, Mallet V, Nalpas B, Verkarre V, Nalpas A, Dhalluin-Venier V, Fontaine H, Pol S. FIB-4: an inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV infection. Comparison with liver biopsy and Fibrotest. Hepatology. 2007;46:32-6.
58.Morra R, Munteanu M, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Ratziu V, Poynard T. FibroMAX: towards a new universal biomarker of liver disease? Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2007;7:481-90.
59.Poynard T, Halfon P, Castera L, Munteanu M, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Benhamou Y, Bourliere M, de Ledinghen V, FibroPaca Group. Standardization of ROC curve areas for diagnostic evaluation of liver fibrosis markers based on prevalences of fibrosis stages. Clin Chem. 2007;53:1615-1622.
60.Thabut D, Imbert-Bismut F, Cazals-Hatem D, Messous D, Muntenau M, Valla DC, Moreau R, Poynard T, Lebrec D. Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007;26:359-368.
61.Morra R, Munteanu M , Bedossa P, Dargere D, Janneau JL, Paradis V, Ratziu V, Charlotte F, Thibault V, Imbert-Bismut F, Poynard T.Diagnostic value of serum protein profiling by SELDI-TOF ProteinChip compared with a biochemical marker, FibroTest, for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007; 26:847-58.
62.Coco B, Oliveri F, Maina AM, Ciccorossi P, Sacco R, Colombatto P, Bonino F, Brunetto MR. Transient elastography: a new surrogate marker of liver fibrosis influenced by major changes of transaminases. J Viral Hepat. 2007;14:360-9.
63.Morali G, Maor Y, Klar R, Braun M, Ben Ari Z, Bujanover Y, Zuckerman E, Boger S Halfon P. Fibrotest-Actitest: the biochemical marker of liver fibrosis – The Israeli Experience. Israeli Med Assoc J. 2007; 9:588-91.
64.Lewin M, Poujol-Robert A, Boelle PY, Wendum D, Lasnier E, Viallon M, GuechotJ, Hoeffel C, Arrive L, Tubiana JM, Poupon R. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2007;46:658-65.
65.Poynard T, Morra R, Halfon P, Castera L, Ratziu V, Imbert-Bismut F, Naveau S, Thabut D, Lebrec D, Zoulim F, Bourliere M, Cacoub P, Messous D, Munteanu M, de Ledinghen V. Meta-analyses of Fibrotest diagnostic value in chronic liver disease BMC Gastroenterology 2007, 7:40.
66.Calès P, Veillon P, Konaté A, Mathieu E, Ternisien C, Chevailler A, Godon A, Gallois Y, Joubaud F, Hubert-Fouchard I, Oberti F, Réaud S, Hunault G, Mauriat F, Lunel-Fabiani F, Reproducibility of blood tests of liver fibrosis in clinical practice. Clin Biochem. 2008;41:10-18.
67.de Lédinghen V, Le Bail B, Rebouissoux L, Fournier C, Foucher J, Miette V,Castéra L, Sandrin L, Merrouche W, Lavrand F, Lamireau T. Liver stiffness measurement in children using FibroScan: feasibility study and comparison with Fibrotest, aspartate transaminase to platelets ratio index, and liver biopsy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007;45:443-50.
68.Maor Y, Calès P, Bashari D, Kenet G, Lubetsky A, Luboshitz J, Schapiro JM, Pénaranda G, Bar-Meir S, Martinowitz U, Halfon P. Improving estimation of liver fibrosis using combination and newer non-invasive biomarker scoring systems in hepatitis C-infected haemophilia patients. Haemophilia. 2007;13:722-9.
69.Shaheen AA, Wan AF, Myers RP. FibroTest and FibroScan for the prediction of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;102:2589-600.
70.Fontaine H, Petitprez K, Roudot-Thoraval F, Trinchet JC; Association francaise pour l'etude du foie; Club de reflexion des cabinets et groupes d'hepato-gastro-enterologue; College national des generalistes enseignants; Groupe francophone d'hepatologie gastro-enterologie et nutrition pediatriques; Societe francaise de biologie clinique; Societe francaise de radiologie; Societe nationale francaise de gastro-enterologie. Guidelines for the diagnosis of uncomplicated cirrhosis. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2007;31:504-9.
71.La Haute Autorite´ de Sante´ (HAS) in France—The HAS recommendations for the management of the chronic hepatitis C using non‐invasive biomarkers. ¼c_476486 (Accessed August 2008).
72.Castera L, Denis J, Babany G, Roudot-Thoraval F. Evolving practices of non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C in France: time for new guidelines?. J Hepatol. 2007;46:528-9.
73.Morra R, Lebray P, Ingiliz P, Ngo Y, Munteanu M, Ratziu V, Poynard T. FibroTest has better diagnostic and prognostic values than the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2008;47:353-4.
74.Adler M, Gulbis B, Moreno C, Evrard S, Verset G, Golstein P, Frotscher B, Nagy N, Thiry P. The predictive value of FIB-4 versus FibroTest, APRI, FibroIndex and Forns index to noninvasively estimate fibrosis in hepatitis C and nonhepatitis C liver diseases. Hepatology. 2008;47:762-3.
75.Sebastiani G, Vario A, Guido M, Alberti A. Performance of noninvasive markers for liver fibrosis is reduced in chronic hepatitis C with normal transaminases. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2008, 15, 212–8
76.Poynard T, Munteanu M, Ngo Y, Moussalli J, Lebray P, Thabut D, Benhamou Y, Ratziu V. FibroTest is effective in patients with normal transaminases, when accuracy is standardized on fibrosis stage prevalence. J Viral Hepat. 2008;15:472-3.
77.Cacoub P, Carrat F, Bédossa P, Lambert J, Pénaranda G, Perronne C, Pol S, Halfon P. Comparison of non-invasive liver fibrosis biomarkers in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: The Fibrovic study - ANRS HC02. J Hepatol. 2008;48:765-73.
78.Rosenthal-Allieri MA, Tran A, Halfon P, Imbert-Bismut F, Munteanu M, Messous D, Peritore ML, Poynard T, Bernard A. Optimal correlation between different instruments for Fibrotest-Actitest protein measurement in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2007;31:815-21.
79.Friedrich-Rust M, Koch C, Rentzsch A, Sarrazin C, Schwarz P, Herrmann E, Lindinger A, Sarrazin U, Poynard T, Schäfers HJ, Zeuzem S, Abdul-Khaliq H. Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with Fontan circulation using transient elastography and biochemical fibrosis markers. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;135:560-7.
80.Shaheen AA, Myers RP. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of fibrosis marker panels in patients with HIV/hepatitis C coinfection. HIV Clin Trials. 2008;9:43-51.
81.Jacqueminet S, Lebray P, Morra R, Munteanu M, Devers L, Messous D, Bernard M, Hartemann-Heurtier A, Imbert-Bismut F, Ratziu V, Grimaldi A, Poynard T. Screening for liver fibrosis by using a noninvasive biomarker in patients with diabetes. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;6:828-31.
82.Bourliere M, Penaranda G, Ouzan D, Renou C, Botta-Fridlund D, Tran A, Rosenthal E, Wartelle-Bladou C, Delasalle P, Oules V, Portal I, Castellani P, Lecomte L, Rosenthal-Allieri MA, Halfon P. Optimized stepwise combination algorithms of non invasive liver fibrosis scores including Hepascore in HCV patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008;28:458-465.
83.Calès P, de Ledinghen V, Halfon P, Bacq Y, Leroy V, Boursier J, Foucher J, Bourlière M, de Muret A, Sturm N, Hunault G, Oberti F. Evaluating the accuracy and increasing the reliable diagnosis rate of blood tests for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Liver Int. 2008;28:1352-62.
84.Munteanu M, Imbert-Bismut F, Messous D, Morra R, Thabut D, Lebray P, Benhamou Y, Ratziu V, Poynard T. Reproducibility of non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers, FibroMeter and FibroTest, could be improved by respecting the analytical standardizations. Clin Biochem. 2008;41:1113-4
85.Ngo Y, Benhamou Y, Thibault V, Ingiliz P, Munteanu M, Lebray P, Thabut D, Morra R, Messous D, Charlotte F, Imbert-Bismut F, Rousselot-Bonnefont D, Moussalli J, RatziuV, Poynard T. An accurate definition of the status of inactive hepatitis B virus carrier by a combination of biomarkers (Fibrotest-Actitest) and viral load. PlosOne 2008;3:e2573.