Radiologic imaging and biomarker indices in detecting liver fibrosis in thalassemia: a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy
Radiologic imaging, particularly transient elastography (TE), has emerged as a key non-invasive approach for assessing liver fibrosis in patients with thalassemia, in whom repeated liver biopsy may be impractical. Serum biomarker indices are also used as alternative or adjunctive tools; however, their diagnostic perfor...