Non-Invasive Method for Assessing the Presence or Severity of Liver Fibrosis Based on a New Detailed Classification
AssigneesCentre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers, Universite D'Angers
InventorsPaul Cales, Jerome Boursier
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-invasive method for assessing the presence and/or severity of a lesion in an organ of an animal, including a human, said method comprising carrying out at least one non-invasive test resulting in a value, preferably a score result, and positioning the at least one value or score result in a class of a detailed classification, such as, for example, a detailed classification based on population percentiles, or on a reliable diagnostic interval (RDI), to be crossed with another RDI. The present invention also relates to a device, preferably a meter, carrying out the non-invasive method of the invention.
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A non-invasive method for assessing the presence and/or severity of a lesion in an organ of an animal, including a human, the method comprising:
- a) carrying out at least one non-invasive test resulting in a value;
- b) positioning the at least one value in a class of a detailed classification based on population percentiles, or based on the combination of at least two reliable diagnostic intervals RDIs;
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- c) assessing the presence and/or the severity of a lesion in an organ based on the class wherein the score has been positioned in step (b).
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