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Viral Hepatitis

Comparison and validation of simple noninvasive tests for prediction of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C†

Lackner, Carolin1; Struber, Gerd1; Liegl, Bernadette1; Leibl, Sebastian1; Ofner, Petra2; Bankuti, Csilla3; Bauer, Bernd4; Stauber, Rudolf E.*,3,‡

1Department of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

2Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics & Documentation, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

3Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

4Department of Internal Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Hoergas, Gratwein, Austria

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, A‐8036 Graz, Austria===

Received November 23, 2004

Accepted March 21, 2005