Contemporary assessment of hepatic fibrosis.

Abstract:

:Newer noninvasive tests have begun to replace liver biopsy for staging purposes. The clinician must evaluate these tools and apply them to individual patients. None of these modalities give the exact same staging of fibrosis as a liver biopsy, but they are excellent tools for risk stratification. Still, it should be recognized that there are disease-specific issues with different utilizations and cutoffs for different clinical diseases. This article provides a framework for incorporating the use of serum biomarkers and elastography-based approaches to stage fibrosis into clinical practice. This review also covers recent developments in this rapidly advancing area.

journal_name

Clin Liver Dis

journal_title

Clinics in liver disease

authors

Bonder A,Tapper EB,Afdhal NH

doi

10.1016/j.cld.2014.09.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-02-01 00:00:00

pages

123-34

issue

1

eissn

1089-3261

issn

1557-8224

pii

S1089-3261(14)00089-0

journal_volume

19

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