Assessment of Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Liver Biopsies: An Update

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-90

  Germani, Giacomo ^a   Hytiroglou, Prodromos ^c   Fotiadu, Anastasia ^c   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a   Dhillon, Amar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biopsy; cirrhosis; collagen; fibrosis; hepatitis; liver; stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951898513     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: 10988971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272836     Document Type: Article

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