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Chronic hepatitis B

2017-02-04 07:34:33
Iam 34 male Hipatiris B chronic from 2005 on Tenofovir from 2014 my latest real time elastography show below figures Percent area 53.36 LF Index 2.52 BMI 35 what does it mean and is it too dangerous
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Cheer up your report shows that no liver cirrhosis and fibrosis. LF index stand for liver fibrosis index.  Real-time elastography is a new and promising sonography-based noninvasive method for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

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