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Hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis are the consequences of many types of chronic liver disease. The precise quantification of fibrosis is important to predict the prognosis and monitor the response of...
Prediction of liver fibrosis progression has a key role in the management of chronic viral hepatitis, as it will be translated into the future risk of cirrhosis and its various...
Sim SJ, Cheong JY, Cho SW, Kim JS, Lim TY, Shin DH, Lim SG, Kim YB, Lee KM, Yoo BM, Lee KJ, Hahm KB, Kim JH
KMID: 772775
Korean J Gastroenterol.
2005 May;45(5):340-347.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: An ideal noninvasive diagnostic test for hepatic fibrosis should be simple, inexpensive, and accurate. We aimed to find the simple marker for predicting hepatic fibrosis and to compare...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: It is well-known that patients with chronic liver disease commonly have nutritional deficiency. In the present study, we investigated the differences in malnutrition risk between patients with liver cirrhosis...