title: Reply to: "AST/platelet ratio index associates with progression to hepatic failure and correlates with histological fibrosis stage in Japanese patients with primary biliary cirrhosis".
authors.affiliation: NIHR Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Palak J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.affiliation: NIHR Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Department of Internal Medicine IV, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.affiliation: NIHR Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Ka-Kit
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: NIHR Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: g.hirschfield@bham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Gideon M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hirschfield
mesh_terms: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood*; D002756:Cholagogues and Choleretics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002756:Cholagogues and Choleretics; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases