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Comment on : The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) predicts significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic HBV infection in West Africa./Lemoine M, Shimakawa Y, Nayagam S, Khalil M, Suso P, Lloyd J, Goldin R, Njai HF, Ndow G, Taal M, Cooke G, D'Alessandro U, Vray M, Mbaye PS, Njie R, Mallet V, Thursz M. Gut. 2016 Aug;65(8):1369-76. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309260. Epub 2015 Jun 24. PMID: 26109530 Free PMC article. 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.Stockdale AJ, Phillips RO, Geretti AM; HEPIK Study Group. Gut. 2016 May;65(5):882-4. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311133. Epub 2016 Jan 4. PMID: 26729296
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