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. 2024 Aug;20(6):322-329.

A Clinical Review of Noninvasive Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis

Nikita Chadha  1 , Richard K Sterling  1
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A Clinical Review of Noninvasive Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis

Nikita Chadha et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Identifying hepatic fibrosis is paramount in managing patients with chronic liver disease. The etiology of liver disease can be owing to many factors, including chronic viral hepatitis, steatotic liver diseases such as alcohol-associated liver disease or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, and cholestatic liver diseases. Currently, invasive liver biopsy with histopathologic evaluation is the gold standard; however, noninvasive tests are becoming more prevalent, especially because they do not carry the risks of invasive procedures such as biopsy. This article reviews noninvasive tests for fibrosis, separating them into blood-based and imaging-based tests.

Keywords: Chronic liver disease; elastography; hepatic fibrosis; metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; noninvasive tests.

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