Journal article
Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Levels Correlate With Liver Fibrosis and Inflammation
Abstract
We aimed to study whether red blood cell distribution width (RDW) could be one of the variables determining the extent of liver fibrosis and inflammation in patients with biopsy-proven hepatitis B. A total of 446 hepatitis B virus-infected patients who underwent liver biopsy were divided into 2 groups: absent or mild and moderate-severe according to the severity of liver fibrosis and inflammation. The independent variables that determine the …
Authors
Xu W-S; Qiu X-M; Ou Q-S; Liu C; Lin J-P; Chen H-J; Lin S; Wang W-H; Lin S-R; Chen J
Journal
Medicine, Vol. 94, No. 10,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1097/md.0000000000000612
ISSN
0025-7974