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Value and risk of percutaneous liver biopsy in patients with cirrhosis and clinical suspicion of autoimmune hepatitis

open access: yesBMJ Open Gastroenterology, 2021
Objective The decision regarding whether to perform a liver biopsy in patients with cirrhosis and clinically suspected autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) remains a challenge.
Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of non-invasive methods for assessment and monitoring of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic liver disease: systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Liver biopsy is the reference standard for diagnosing the extent of fibrosis in chronic liver disease; however, it is invasive, with the potential for serious complications.
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Lafora Disease Masquerading as Hepatic Dysfunction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Lafora disease is fatal intractable progressive myoclonic epilepsy. It is frequently characterized by epileptic seizures, difficulty walking, muscle spasms, and dementia in late childhood or adolescence.
Abdullah, Hafez Mohammad A.   +6 more
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Successful diagnosis of a localized liver tumor via transjugular liver biopsy after ascites hampered a percutaneous approach

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports
Liver biopsy is a crucial diagnostic procedure for liver-related conditions. However, it is challenging to use in cases with substantial ascites or coagulopathy.
Shingo Hamaguchi, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Successful Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Hepatic Iron Deposition Graft Suspected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

open access: yesCase Reports in Transplantation, 2023
Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been developed as a widely available and noninvasive method for detecting and evaluating hepatic iron overload.
Nobuhiko Kurata   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Liver Biopsy

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2023
Recent years have seen the emergence of endoscopic-ultrasound-guided liver biopsy (EUS-LB) as an effective alternative to traditional (percutaneous or transjugular) liver biopsy techniques.
Daryl Ramai   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrasound shear wave elastography for liver disease. A critical appraisal of the many actors on the stage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the last 12\u200a-\u200a18 months nearly all ultrasound manufacturers have arrived to implement ultrasound shear wave elastography modality in their equipment for the assessment of chronic liver disease; the few remaining players are expected to ...
Cantisani, Vito   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy (EUS-LB): An Endoscopic Solution to the Unmet Needs of Liver Tissue Acquisition and Beyond

open access: yesJournal of Digestive Endoscopy
Aim and Objective Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy (EUS-LB) is now increasingly being used across the globe as a method of liver tissue acquisition.
Shivam Khare   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validity of biopsy-based drug effects in a diet-induced obese mouse model of biopsy-confirmed NASH

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2019
Background Compounds in clinical development for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) improve liver histopathology in diet-induced obese mouse models of biopsy-confirmed NASH. Since the biopsy section used for histopathological evaluation represents only
Maria Nicoline Baandrup Kristiansen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

CD4+T cells and natural killer cells: Biomarkers for hepatic fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C viruscoinfected patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
To characterize peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cells phenotypes by flow cytometry as potential biomarker of liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients.
Cahn, Pedro   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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