RT Book, Section
A1 Dienstag, Jules L.
A1 Bhan, Atul K.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1164034969
T1 Atlas of Liver Biopsies
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164034969
RD 2024/04/19
AB Although  clinical  and  laboratory  features  yield  clues  to  the  extent  of  inflammatory  processes  (disease  grade),  the  degree  of  scarring  and  architectural  distortion  (disease  stage),  and  the  nature  of  the  disease  process,  the  liver  biopsy  is  felt  to  represent  the  gold  standard  for  assessing  the  degree  of  liver  injury  and  fibrosis.  Examination  of  liver  histology  provides  not  only  a  basis  for  quantitative  scoring  of  disease  activity  and  progression  but  also  a  wealth  of  qualitative  information  that  can  direct  and  inform  diagnosis  and  management.