High prevalence of porto-sinusoidal vascular disease in patients with constantly elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase levels

Nicola Pugliese^{1

2}, Luca di Tommaso^{1

3}, Ana Lleo^{1

2}, Ludovico Alfarone^{1

2}, Elisabetta Mastrorocco^{1

2}, Maria Terrin^{1

2}, Roberto Ceriani^{1

2}, Francesca Colapietro^{1

2}, Luigi Terracciano^{1

3}, Alessio Aghemo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy.
² Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
³ Pathology Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.

Nicola Pugliese et al. Liver Int. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;42(7):1692-1695.

doi: 10.1111/liv.15257. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy.
² Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
³ Pathology Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: GGT; liver biopsy; nodular regenerative hyperplasia; porto-sinusoidal vascular liver disease.

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