The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) shows poor correlation with transient elastography measurements of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B in West Africa. Response to: 'The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) predicts significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic HBV infection in West Africa' by Lemoine et al

Gut. 2016 May;65(5):882-4. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311133. Epub 2016 Jan 4.
No abstract available

Keywords: FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HIV/AIDS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Blood Platelets
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques
  • HIV Infections
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic*
  • Humans
  • Liver
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase*

Substances

  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase