Modern Methods for Detecting Liver Fibrosis
A liver fibrosis is the basic element in the development of pathological processes in the liver tissue, and fibrosis degree is a specific sensitive enough marker in case of pathological changes in the liver under the influence of different etiologic factors. There are invasive, minimally invasive an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Zaslavsky O.Yu.
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Gastroenterologìa |
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| Online Access: | http://gastro.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/86150 |
| Summary: | A liver fibrosis is the basic element in the development of pathological processes in the liver tissue, and fibrosis degree is a specific sensitive enough marker in case of pathological changes in the liver under the influence of different etiologic factors. There are invasive, minimally invasive and non-invasive methods for detecting liver fibrosis. Invasive methods includes needle biopsy as a gold standard. Direct and indirect fibrosis markers belong to minimally invasive techniques. Non-invasive methods include elastography and elastometry. Modern hepatology used all of these methods. |
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| ISSN: | 2308-2097 2518-7880 |