Assessment of fibrosis in chronic liver diseases

Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Egyptian Children with Chronic Liver Diseases

Because of the limitations of liver biopsy, there is strong interest in developing less invasive methods to assess liver fibrosis especially in children. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography( TE) involves transmission of vibrations through the chest wall into the liver using an ultrasound probe with a vibration transducer, the elasticity of the liver is determined from th...

liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver diseases: are laboratory tests useful to diagnosis?

Severity Assessment of Chronic Liver Disease in Children

Introduction: Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are the most important causes of growth failure, morbidity and mortality in children. Cirrhosis consists of a variety of congenital, genetic, metabolic, and infectious causes in children. Models for predicting of chronic liver disease severity, survival, and transplantation are useful for decision-making as well as medical interventions. The mo...

Determining the progression stages of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Introduction: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) leads to liver fibrosis, its failure, and death in the long term. The stage of fibrosis in CHB patients can also be detected based on the biochemical markers. The aim of this study was to predict the state of liver fibrosis in CHB patients and determine the possibility of patients shifting from a given state to another one. Materials and Methods: This stu...

Assessment of diagnostic value of DWI technique in the evaluation of liver fibrosis

Introduction: The liver fibrosis is caused by extracellular accumulation of cluster, glycos amino glycans and proteoglycans, which this extracellular accumulation may limit the penetration and molecular movement of water in the tissue, so the Diffusion weighted imaging(DWI) technique is due to the sensitivity to the movement and release of water molecules Can show this restrict...