Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Study on the relationship between levels of serum thrombopoietin (TPO) and hepatic fibrosis markers in patients with chronic liver diseases

  • 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou (China)

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Objective: To study the relationship between serum thrombopoietin (TPO) and hepatic fibrosis markers levels in patients with chronic liver disease. Methods: Serum thrombopoietin levels were detected and hepatic fibrosis markers with ELISA (HA, LN, PCIII, IVC) in 114 patients with various types of chronic hepatitis and 30 controls. Results: The serum TPO levels in patients with different types of chronic hepatitis inducing cirrhosis were not significantly different from those in controls (P>0.05). Serum TPO levels were correlated with the levels of IVC in the 18 patients with cirrhosis (r=0.517, P<0.05), but not with only hepatic fibrosis marker in any other group of patients. Conclusion: Serum TPO levels was not correlated with the severity of chronic hepatitis but was somewhat correlated with the degree of fibrosis in patients with cirrhosis. (authors)

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Journal Title
Journal of Radioimmunology
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 29-31
ISSN
1008-9810

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