Usefulness of Endoscopic Ultrasound Strain Elastography for Measuring Liver Stiffness and the Role of Blood Cytokeratin 18 Levels as a Surrogate Marker of Fibrosis.

Turk J Gastroenterol · 2025 · PMC12520152 · PMID 41085150

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Liver SR positively correlated with APRI (r = 0.474, P < .001) and FIB-4 (r = 0.382, P < .001), while the correlation analysis of CK-18 and liver SR did not reach statistical significance despite a positive tendency (r = 0.206, P = .063) ( Table 3 ).

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