Assessment of hepatic fibrosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on long-term methotrexate therapy using transient elastography

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is has been associated with hepatotoxicity including hepatic fibrosis; however, the incidence of severe hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis with MTX use has remained a controversial issue. The gold standard test for detecting liver fibrosis has been a liver biopsy, which is...

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出版年:	Indian Journal of Rheumatology
主要な著者:	Abhishek Kumar, Vivek Vasdev, Manish Manrai, Aprajita Bhayana, Arun Hegde, M N Arjun, Kunal Kishore
フォーマット:	論文
言語:	英語
出版事項:	SAGE Publishing 2018-01-01
主題:	FibroScan hepatic fibrosis liver fibrosis methotrexate transient elastography
オンライン･アクセス:	http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2018;volume=13;issue=4;spage=246;epage=251;aulast=Kumar