Open AccessIncreased liver stiffness in alcoholic liver disease: Differentiating fibrosis from steatohepatitis
Author(s) -
Sebastian Mueller
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.966
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , cohort , steatohepatitis , cirrhosis , fibrosis , alcoholic liver disease , transaminase , receiver operating characteristic , liver disease , fatty liver , pathology , disease , biology , biochemistry , enzyme
To test if inflammation also interferes with liver stiffness (LS) assessment in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and to provide a clinical algorithm for reliable fibrosis assessment in ALD by FibroScan (FS).