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Practice Guideline
. 2021 Sep;75(3):659-689.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.05.025. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis - 2021 update

European Association for the Study of the Liver
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis - 2021 update

European Association for the Study of the Liver. J Hepatol. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Non-invasive tests are increasingly being used to improve the diagnosis and prognostication of chronic liver diseases across aetiologies. Herein, we provide the latest update to the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the use of non-invasive tests for the evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis, focusing on the topics for which relevant evidence has been published in the last 5 years.

Keywords: NASH; cirrhosis; decompensation; elastography; serum markers of fibrosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest LC reports grant support from Gilead; consultant/advisory roles with Allergan, Alexion, Echosens, Gilead, Intercept, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Servier; and sponsored lectures for Abbvie, Echosens, Gilead, Intercept, Novo Nordisk. SP reports consultant/advisory roles with AbbVie, Gilead, Intercept, Novordisk, and Pfizer; and sponsored lectures for Echosens, and Gilead. MT reports grant support from Novo Nordisk Foundation; sponsored lectures for Echosens, Siemens Healthcare, and Danish Agriculture & Food Council; and consulting fees from GE Healthcare. JB reports grants from Echosens, Intercept, and Inventiva; consulting fees from Echosens, Siemens, Diafir and Intercept; sponsored lectures for Echosens, Gilead, Intercept, Lilly and Siemens; consultant/advisory roles with BMS, Gilead, Intercept and Pfizer; and travel support from Gilead and Novartis. ET reports grant support from EU Horizon 2020 Grant for LiverScreen. AB, MF-R, and NC, report no conflict of interest. Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.

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