Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis

Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis: The need for better validation

✍ Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis; Giacomo Germani; Andrew Hall; Pinelopi M anousou; Amar P 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 296 KB 👁 1 views

We read with interest the reviews by Ghouri et al. 1 and Martinez et al. 2 Ghouri et al. analyzed the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and concluded that although a diagnosis of NAFLD should prompt diabetes screening, it is insufficient for co

Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis: The clinical context and question are important

✍ Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis; Giacomo Germani; Amar P. Dhillon; Andrew K. Burroughs 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 209 KB 👁 1 views

We read with great interest the recent report by Li et al. 1 analyzing the correlation between the clusters of differentiation 24 (CD24) polymorphism and risk of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In their study, the CD24 P170 T allele (thymidine at position 170) was correlated with a strong

Methods and interest of noninvasive asse

Methods and interest of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis are still in debate

✍ Françoise Degos; Louis Lebrun; Paul Perez; Isabelle Durand-Zaleski 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 296 KB

We read with interest the reviews by Ghouri et al. 1 and Martinez et al. 2 Ghouri et al. analyzed the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and concluded that although a diagnosis of NAFLD should prompt diabetes screening, it is insufficient for co

Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis

Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis by measurement of stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis C

✍ Marianne Ziol; Adriana Handra-Luca; Adrien Kettaneh; Christos Christidis; Frédér 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 139 KB 👁 1 views

Liver fibrosis is the main predictor of the progression of chronic hepatitis C, and its assessment by liver biopsy (LB) can help determine therapy. However, biopsy is an invasive procedure with several limitations. A new, noninvasive medical device based on transient elastography has been designed t

Noninvasive assessment of cystic fibrosi

Noninvasive assessment of cystic fibrosis–associated liver disease with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

✍ Melania Manco; Cristina Lo Zupone; Alessandro Latini; Vincenzina Lucidi; Lidia M 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 297 KB 👁 1 views

We read with interest the reviews by Ghouri et al. 1 and Martinez et al. 2 Ghouri et al. analyzed the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and concluded that although a diagnosis of NAFLD should prompt diabetes screening, it is insufficient for co

Noninvasive methods for the assessment o

Noninvasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis: A window open on the future?

✍ Massimo Pinzani 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 309 KB 👁 1 views

The c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signal-transduction pathway has been implicated in the growth of carcinogeninduced hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the mechanism that accounts for JNK-regulated tumor growth is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that compound deficiency of the two ubiquitously expre