Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Disease Severity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 2006 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Clinics in Liver Disease, volume 10, pages 535-562 (issn: 1089-3261,

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Authors: John Carl, Hoefs; Phillip T, Chen; Paul, Lizotte;

doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2006.08.008

pmid: 17162227

Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Disease Severity

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Abstract

In assessing the severity of chronic liver disease, one measures either the fibrotic structure of the liver or liver function. This article reviews the methods for evaluating the severity of liver disease noninvasively by estimating function or structure.

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University of California, Irvine
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University of California, Irvine Medical Center
United States
UC Irvine Health
United States

Keywords

Male, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Liver Function Tests, Liver Diseases, Humans, Female, Asialoglycoprotein Receptor, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Severity of Illness Index

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