Assessment of liver fibrosis in Egyptian chronic hepatitis B patients: A comparative study including 5 noninvasive indexes.

Fibrosis assessment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is essential for prediction of long-term prognosis and proper treatment decision. This study was conducted to assess predictability of 5 simple noninvasive fibrosis indexes in comparison to liver biopsy in CHB patients.A total of 200 CHB adult Egyptian patients were consecutively included in this study, all were subjected to liver biopsy with staging of fibrosis using METAVIR scoring system.

Correlation between Serum Hyaluronic Acid with Steatosis, Non alcoholic Steato-hepatitis and Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Background: Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an attractive potential marker for noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis instead of liver biopsy for both patients and physicians.

Aim: To assess the role of HA for diagnosing the progression of steatosis to steato-hepatitis (SH) and fibrosis in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

Methods: 90 patients with chronic HCV infection, 77 (85.