Diagnosis and assessment of liver cirrhosis
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2014.07.001
- VernacularTitle:肝硬化的诊断和评估
- Author:
Lungen LU
;
Zhenghong LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
liver cirrhosis;
early diagnosis;
prognosis;
editorial
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2014;30(7):577-579
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Liver cirrhosis is the end stage of various chronic liver diseases.Early diagnosis and staging of liver cirrhosis,as well as effective disease assessment,are of great clinical significance.The application of liver biopsy,serological testing,and radiological examination in the clinical diagnosis of liver cirrhosis and the research advances in evaluation of liver reserve function,complications,and prognosis are re-viewed.It is pointed out that with the development of molecular biological and imaging techniques,the accuracy and specificity of noninva-sive diagnosis will be increased,and the disease assessment system will be improved.
