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Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis
Owing to the high prevalence of various chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In recent years, the development of non-invasive tests of fibrosis allows accurate diagnosis of cirrhosis and reduces the need for liver biopsy. In this review...
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The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26523265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.200 |
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author | Wong, Grace Lai-Hung Espinosa, Wendell Zaragoza Wong, Vicnent Wai-Sun |
author_facet | Wong, Grace Lai-Hung Espinosa, Wendell Zaragoza Wong, Vicnent Wai-Sun |
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description | Owing to the high prevalence of various chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In recent years, the development of non-invasive tests of fibrosis allows accurate diagnosis of cirrhosis and reduces the need for liver biopsy. In this review, we discuss the application of these non-invasive tests beyond the diagnosis of cirrhosis. In particular, their role in the selection of patients for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance and varices screening is highlighted. |
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spelling | pubmed-46122802015-10-30 Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis Wong, Grace Lai-Hung Espinosa, Wendell Zaragoza Wong, Vicnent Wai-Sun Clin Mol Hepatol Review Owing to the high prevalence of various chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In recent years, the development of non-invasive tests of fibrosis allows accurate diagnosis of cirrhosis and reduces the need for liver biopsy. In this review, we discuss the application of these non-invasive tests beyond the diagnosis of cirrhosis. In particular, their role in the selection of patients for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance and varices screening is highlighted. The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2015-09 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4612280/ /pubmed/26523265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.200 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Wong, Grace Lai-Hung Espinosa, Wendell Zaragoza Wong, Vicnent Wai-Sun Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title | Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title_full | Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title_fullStr | Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title_short | Personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
title_sort | personalized management of cirrhosis by non-invasive tests of liver fibrosis |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26523265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.200 |
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