Zhide Hu, Yi Sun, Qianqian Wang, Zhijun Han, Yuanlan Huang, Xiaofei Liu, Chunmei Ding, Chengjin Hu, Qin Qin, Anmei Deng
BACKGROUND: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is increased in liver disease. Its clinical significance, however, remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to identify whether RDW was a prognostic index for liver disease. METHODS: We studied, retrospectively, 33 patients with non-cirrhotic HBV chronic hepatitis, 125 patients with liver cirrhosis after HBV infection, 81 newly diagnosed primary hepatocellular carcinoma (pHCC) patients, 17 alcoholic liver cirrhosis patients and 42 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)...
July 2013: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: CCLM