1 results for "Yu-Rui Liu"

Serum ceruloplasmin levels correlate negatively with liver fibrosis in males with chronic hepatitis B: a new noninvasive model for predicting liver fibrosis in HBV-related liver disease.

Da-Wu Zeng; Yu-Rui Liu; Jie-Min Zhang et al.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 8 No. 10 · 2013 · English · DOAJ Scopus

AIMS: This study aimed to investigate associations between ceruloplasmin (CP) levels, inflammation grade and fibrosis stages in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and to establish a noninvasive model to predict cirrhosis. METHODS: Liver biopsy samples and sera were collected from 198 CHB…