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Liver function tests and fibrosis scores in a rural population in Africa: A cross-sectional study to estimate the burden of disease and associated risk factors
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Objectives:
Liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but its prevalence, distribution and aetiology have not been well characterised. We therefore set out to examine liver function tests (LFTs) and liver fibrosis scores in a rural African population.
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We undertook a cross-sectional survey of LFTs. We classified abnormal LFTs based on reference ranges set in America and in Africa. We d...
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032890
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Open Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Article number:
- e032890
- Publication date:
- 2020-03-31
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-02-17
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2044-6055
- ISSN:
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2044-6055
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- English
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1087973
- Local pid:
- pubs:1087973
- Deposit date:
- 2020-02-17
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- O'Hara et al.
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- 2020
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- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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