How to Identify Advanced Fibrosis in Adult Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Using Ultrasound Elastography—A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multistep Approach

How to Identify Advanced Fibrosis in Adult Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Using Ultrasound Elastography—A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multistep Approach

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and its progressive form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), represent, nowadays, real challenges for the healthcare system. Liver fibrosis is the most important prognostic factor for NAFLD, and advanced fibrosis is associated with higher liver-related m...

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Main Authors: Madalina-Gabriela Taru, Lidia Neamti, Vlad Taru, Lucia Maria Procopciuc, Bogdan Procopet, Monica Lupsor-Platon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
ultrasound elastography
vibration-controlled transient elastography
point shear wave elastography
two-dimensional shear wave elastography
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/4/788

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