Osteopontin – A potential biomarker of advanced liver disease

Cirrhosis is a primary cause of liver-related mortality and morbidity. The basic process driving chronic liver disease to cirrhosis is accelerated fibrogenesis. Although the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis is a multifactorial process, the essential step in the evolution of liver fibrosis is the acti...

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Main Authors: Radan Bruha, Libor Vitek, Vaclav Smid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268120300016