Liver stiffness predicts liver failure, cancer and mortality
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have established that liver stiffness, measured by transient elastography (TE), is an independent predictor of liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mortality in cirrhotic patients coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).