A new retrospective study found a significant association between lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and the severity of ...

Assessment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis is crucial for the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B. The presence of at least moderate liver fibrosis is an important indication for antiviral ...

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It’s often done instead of a liver biopsy. Liver biopsy. Your doctor may perform a liver biopsy to get a sample of your liver tissue to send out for lab testing. The procedure involves ...

True overlap with autoimmune hepatitis is probably rare and we suggest that, when suspected, liver biopsy with expert clinicopathological review is needed to make the diagnosis and guide treatment ...

As he was admitted to a liver ward for a CT scan and biopsy, he was brought back to the ward. He said: “I was taken into a side room where the liver consultant told me that I had a large lesion on my ...

We examined mortality in a nationwide cohort of biopsy-proven ALD. Design Population-based cohort study in Sweden comparing 3453 individuals with an International Classification of Disease (ICD) code ...

Tests for hepatitis B, hepatitis C virus, and HIV were also negative. The necessity of liver biopsy remains controversial in cases of suspected immune-related liver injury (11), and the patient ...

Liver diseases are any diseases that affect the functioning of the liver. Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example ...

“We are also creating new methods such as a liquid biopsy to predict rejection in liver tissue that can improve long-term patient outcomes and reduce tissue biopsies in children whenever possibl ...