Liver biopsy findings from healthy potential living liver donors: Reasons for disqualification, silent diseases and correlation with liver injury tests

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-510

  Minervini, Marta I ^a   Ruppert, Kristine ^a   Fontes, Paulo ^a   Volpes, Riccardo ^a   Vizzini, Giovanni ^a   de Vera, Michael E ^a   Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^a   Miraglia, Roberto ^a   Pipitone, Loredana ^a   Marsh, J Wallis ^a   Marcos, Amadeo ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a   Demetris, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver injury tests; Living donor liver biopsy; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Steatohepatitis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ISOENZYME 1; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEATOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59349089179     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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