Open AccessArterial hypertension as an uninvited player in hepatic stiffness?
Author(s) -
Vlad Ratziu,
Dominique Valla,
PierreEmmanuel Rautou
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ajp gastrointestinal and liver physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.644
H-Index - 169
eISSN - 1522-1547
pISSN - 0193-1857
DOI - 10.1152/ajpgi.00276.2016
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , medicine , portal hypertension , hepatic fibrosis , art history , art
cirrhosis is the main cause of death in patients with liver diseases. Cirrhosis occurs after many years of fibrosis progression, a slow process that is highly variable among individual patients. It is therefore critical to stage liver fibrosis to gain insight into prognosis and to make therapeutic
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