title: The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) shows poor correlation with transient elastography measurements of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B in West Africa. Response to: 'The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) predicts significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic HBV infection in West Africa' by Lemoine et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-3328
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stockdale
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Richard Odame
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Geretti
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001792:Blood Platelets; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D015658:HIV Infections; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase
chemical_list: D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase
keywords: FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HIV/AIDS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS