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Review
. 2006 Aug;10(3):535-62, viii-ix.
doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2006.08.008.

Noninvasive evaluation of liver disease severity

John Carl Hoefs  1 , Phillip T Chen, Paul Lizotte
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Noninvasive evaluation of liver disease severity

John Carl Hoefs et al. Clin Liver Dis. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

In assessing the severity of chronic liver disease, one measures either the fibrotic structure of the liver or liver function. This article reviews the methods for evaluating the severity of liver disease noninvasively by estimating function or structure.

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