Noninvasive diagnostics may offer alternative to liver biopsy for assessing liver fibrosis
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Patients who are evaluated for liver diseases such as hepatitis C (HCV) are typically recommended for liver biopsy to determine the extent of disease progression. For patients who question whether less invasive testing is available, clinicians now have alternatives options to consider. Elastography and serum markers are two such diagnostic options reviewed in an editorial published in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.