Noninvasive markers of fibrosis: key concepts for improving accuracy in daily clinical practice

Noninvasive markers of fibrosis have emerged as an alternative to the staging of fibrosis by means of liver biopsy. Apart from being noninvasive and thus lacking the adverse effects of liver biopsy, they offer some advantages such as reduced risk of sampling error, objectiveness in the interpretatio...

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Main Authors: Andrés Duarte-Rojo, José Trinidad Altamirano, Jordan J. Feld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314565