Non-invasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis: don't count your chickens before they're hatched
| Autor: | Cobbold, J F L, Wylezinska, M, Cunningham, C, Crossey, M E, Thomas, H C, Cox, I J, Patel, N, Taylor‐Robinson, S D |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Liver Cirrhosis
medicine.medical_specialty Cirrhosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Liver fibrosis Non invasive Disease progression Gastroenterology medicine.disease Sensitivity and Specificity Internal medicine Chronic Disease Biopsy Commentary Disease Progression medicine Humans Letters Stage (cooking) Hepatic fibrosis Liver function tests business Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Gut. 55:310-312 |
| ISSN: | 0017-5749 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/gut.2005.068585 |
| Popis: | There is an increasing desire for non‐invasive tests to assess both the stage of liver fibrosis and the rate of progression of fibrogenic chronic liver diseases and so reduce the need for repeated liver biopsies. However, higher quality non‐invasive diagnostic procedures are still needed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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