Fibrosis assessment: impact on current management of chronic liver disease and application of quantitative invasive tools

Y Wang, JL Hou - Hepatology international, 2016 - Springer
Fibrosis, a common pathogenic pathway of chronic liver disease (CLD), has long been
indicated to be significantly and most importantly associated with severe prognosis …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of liver fibrosis:“Something old, something new…”

Z Almpanis, M Demonakou… - Annals of gastroenterology …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatic fibrogenesis may gradually result to cirrhosis due to the accumulation of
extracellular matrix components as a response to liver injury. Thus, therapeutic decisions in …

[PDF][PDF] Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis: Key messages for clinicians

GP Caviglia, GA Touscoz, A Smedile… - Pol. Arch. Med …, 2014 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The management of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) requires an accurate definition
of the stag‑ing and grading, as the latter is related to the progression of liver fibrosis. Albeit …

Liver fibrosis: the 2017 state of art

G Caviglia, C Rosso, S Fagoonee, GM Saracco… - Panminerva …, 2017 - iris.unito.it
Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response to a wide spectrum of chronic liver injuries. It is
characterized by loss of hepatocytes and alteration in hepatic architecture following an …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: implementation in clinical practice and decisional algorithms

G Sebastiani - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic hepatitis B and C together with alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases
represent the major causes of progressive liver disease that can eventually evolve into …

[HTML][HTML] Non invasive fibrosis biomarkers reduce but not substitute the need for liver biopsy

G Sebastiani, A Alberti - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic liver diseases are very common worldwide, particularly those linked to viral hepatitis
and to alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver. Their natural history is variable and long-term …

Invasive and non-invasive methods for the assessment of fibrosis and disease progression in chronic liver disease

L Castera - Best practice & research Clinical gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic liver diseases represent a major public health problem, accounting for significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Their prognosis and management greatly depend on the …

[PDF][PDF] Review of diagnostic techniques of hepatic fibrosis

S Hassan, S Syed, SI Kehar - J Pak Med Assoc, 2014 - researchgate.net
With increasing innovations aimed at the treatment of chronic liver disease (CLD), the
precise staging of liver fibrosis is important to help establish efficacious management of …

Noninvasive markers to assess liver fibrosis

F Czul, KR Bhamidimarri - Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Chronic liver disease represents a major public health problem, accounting for significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Their prognosis and management greatly depends on the …

Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic assessment tools for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic liver disease

JS Kang, MH Lee - Liver Cirrhosis-Update and Current …, 2017 - books.google.com
Liver fibrosis, that is, excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix protein, occurs and is
the wound-healing response and common final pathway of various chronic liver diseases …