… The staging of liver fibrosis is critical for the management and prognosis of patients. This …
hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology, summarizes basic mechanisms of HCV-dependent liver …

… However, variability in the distribution of fibrosis within the liver is a potential limitation. Our
… of liver fibrosis and its influence on the accuracy of assessment of fibrosis with liver biopsy. …

… a novel, noninvasive method to assess liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness. This single-…
with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), in comparison with transient elastography (TE), by using liver …

… Our aim was to assess the natural history of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C and the
… is that chronic hepatitis C is a progressive fibrotic disease and not an inflammatory hepatitis. …

… chronic hepatitis C and autoimmune hepatitis, hepatic inflammation is a driver of hepatic
fibrosis… for understanding the dynamics of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis. …

… In patients with chronic hepatitis C, precise staging of liver fibrosis is important not only
for estimation of prognosis, but also for indication of antiviral therapy. Two end points are …

… effect of fibrosis progression according to the duration of infection. This study confirms that
chronic hepatitis C, without HIV coinfection, is a progressive fibrotic disease without rapid …

… liver stiffness measurement (LSM) in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic
hepatitis … We prospectively enrolled 327 patients with chronic hepatitis C in a multicenter study…

… the assessment of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. LSM … liver fibrosis stage in
patients with chronic hepatitis B is comparable to that observed in patients with chronic hepatitis …

… : Staging hepatic fibrosis by liver biopsy guides prognosis and treatment of hepatitis C, but
is … markers that accurately and reliably predict liver fibrosis stage among hepatitis C patients. …