Transient elastography in hepatitis <scp>C</scp> virus‐infected patients with beta‐thalassemia for assessment of fibrosis

Abstract

Regardless of LIC, TE alone or when combined with FIB-4 or APRI, is a diagnostic tool with moderate to high accuracy to evaluate liver fibrosis in CHC patients with beta-thalassemia. However, because splenectomy in a proportion of our subjects might have affected the platelet count, the scores utilizing APRI and FIB-4 should be interpreted cautiously.