Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
Manuscript ID	74829
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Received	2022-01-08 06:44
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Utility of FibroScan-based scoring systems to narrow the risk group of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with comorbidities
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Kouichi Miura, Hiroshi Maeda, Naoki Morimoto, Shunji Watanabe, Mamiko Tsukui, Yoshinari Takaoka, Hiroaki Nomoto, Rie Goka, Kazuhiko Kotani and Hironori Yamamoto
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Kouichi Miura http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-6544 Hiroshi Maeda http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-3935 Naoki Morimoto http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-7407 Shunji Watanabe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-6553 Mamiko Tsukui http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2407-0842 Yoshinari Takaoka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3753-6063 Hiroaki Nomoto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-2418 Rie Goka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4359-9220 Kazuhiko Kotani http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8119-633X Hironori Yamamoto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-1153
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Corresponding Author	Kouichi Miura, Doctor, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, , Shimotsuke 329-0498, Tochigi, Japan. miura385@jichi.ac.jp
Key Words	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Vibration controlled transient elastography; Non-invasive test; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Varix
Core Tip	It is necessary to narrow the high-risk group of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with comorbidities, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and esophagogastric varices (EGV). Although the fibrosis-4 index is an excellent formula to narrow the high-risk group, there remain many patients to be ruled out. Vibration controlled transient elastography (VCTE) is proposed as a second step examination. FibroScan-AST, Agile 3+, and Agile 4 emerged as VCTE-based scoring systems to determine the status of patients with NAFLD. Here, we demonstrated that Agile 3+ and Agile 4 are good tools to narrow the high-risk group of patients with HCC and/or EGV.
Publish Date	2022-05-18 11:24
Citation	Miura K, Maeda H, Morimoto N, Watanabe S, Tsukui M, Takaoka Y, Nomoto H, Goka R, Kotani K, Yamamoto H. Utility of FibroScan-based scoring systems to narrow the risk group of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with comorbidities. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2022;13(3): 96-106
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2150-5330/full/v13/i3/96.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4291/wjgp.v13.i3.96

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