Liver fibrosis is a disease that affects patients with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus,
harmful alcohol consumption levels, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. It is important to …

Background and Aim Liver biopsy (LB) has lost popularity to stage liver fibrosis in the era of
highly effective anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy, yet diagnosis of persistent cirrhosis may …

Liver fibrosis is the center of diagnosis and management of essentially all chronic liver
diseases. While liver biopsy examination still has a role in diagnosis and drug development …

Surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with abdominal ultrasound (US) is
recommended for patients with advanced liver fibrosis because of hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

Background Liver stiffness measurement (LSM)< 20 kPa and platelet count> 150,000/mm 3
exclude varices needing treatment (VNT) in viral compensated advanced chronic liver …

Objectives To assess the degree of liver stiffness using transient elastography in Egyptian
children infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) at baseline and 1 year after achievement of …

Objectives Curing of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection primarily aims to prevent severe liver
complications. Our objectives were to investigate the long-term presence and impact of …

Abstract Background and Aim In patients with HCV‐related cirrhosis, a sustained virological
response may lead to cirrhosis regression. Whether histological changes translate into …

The introduction of interferon-free regimens for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection represents a key turn in hepatology because of their extremely high …

Abstract Treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents has revolutionized the approach to
hepatitis C. We are now able to obtain high sustained virological response (SVR) rates …