1.The role of autophagy in hepatic fibrosis.
Jing ZHANG ; Jian PING ; Lieming XU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2014;22(9):708-710
8.Correlation between red blood cell count and liver function status.
Xiaomeng XIE ; Leijie WANG ; Mingjie YAO ; Xiajie WEN ; Xiangmei CHEN ; Hong YOU ; Jidong JIA ; Jingmin ZHAO ; Fengmin LU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2016;24(2):119-122
OBJECTIVETo investigate the changes in red blood cell count in patients with different liver diseases and the correlation between red blood cell count and degree of liver damage.
METHODSThe clinical data of 1427 patients with primary liver cancer, 172 patients with liver cirrhosis, and 185 patients with hepatitis were collected, and the Child-Pugh class was determined for all patients. The differences in red blood cell count between patients with different liver diseases were retrospectively analyzed, and the correlation between red blood cell count and liver function status was investigated. The Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, rank sum test, Spearman rank sum correlation test, and chi-square test were performed for different types of data.
RESULTSRed blood cell count showed significant differences between patients with chronic hepatitis, liver cancer, and liver cirrhosis and was highest in patients with chronic hepatitis and lowest in patients with liver cirrhosis (P < 0.05). In the patients with liver cirrhosis, red blood cell count tended to decrease in patients with a higher Child-Pugh class (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONFor patients with liver cirrhosis, red blood cell count can reflect the degree of liver damage, which may contribute to an improved liver function prediction model for these patients.
Erythrocyte Count ; Hepatitis ; blood ; Humans ; Liver ; physiopathology ; Liver Cirrhosis ; blood ; Liver Neoplasms ; blood ; Retrospective Studies
9.The role of the serum BG(P-B) value from glucagon loading test in assessing liver function of cirrhosis patients.
Bang-fu WU ; Li-li LIN ; Pin-jin HU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2003;11(3):186-186
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Liver Function Tests
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