Thierry Poynard1
, Vlad Ratziu1
, Sylvie Naveau2
, Dominique Thabut1
, Frederic Charlotte3
, Djamila Messous4
, Dominique Capron5
, Annie Abella6
, Julien Massard1
, Yen Ngo1
, Mona Munteanu7
, Anne Mercadier8
, Michael Manns9
and Janice Albrecht10 
1Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
2Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
3Department of Pathology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
4Department of Biochemistry, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
5Department of Pathology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
6Department of Biochemistry, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
7Biopredictive, Paris, France
8Tranfusion Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
9Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
10Schering Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth NJ, USA