Comparison between FIB-4 Index and Fibroscan as Marker of Fibrosis in Chronic HCV Infection in Egyptian Patients
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52766#.VKNU0snQrzE Author(s) Noha A. El Nakeeb 1 , Amir Helmy 1 , Shereen A. Saleh 1 , Heba M. Abdellah 2 , Mostafa H. Abdel Aleem 2 , Dina Elshennawy 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt . 2 Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt . 3 Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt . ABSTRACT The FIB-4 index is a simple and noninvasive algorithm consisting to evaluate liver fibrosis in chronic HCV infection. Aim: To evaluate the utility of FIB-4 index as a noninvasiv...