Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Current and Future Clinical and Molecular Perspectives

Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Current and Future Clinical and Molecular Perspectives

Liver fibrosis is one of the risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. The staging of liver fibrosis can be evaluated only via a liver biopsy, which is an invasive procedure. Noninvasive methods for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis can be divided into morphological tests such as el...

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Main Authors: Ryota Masuzaki, Tatsuo Kanda, Reina Sasaki, Naoki Matsumoto, Masahiro Ogawa, Shunichi Matsuoka, Seth J. Karp, Mitsuhiko Moriyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
hepatocellular carcinoma
risk factor
liver fibrosis
elastography
serum marker
extracellular matrix
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/14/4906

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