Non-invasive diagnosis and management of chronic liver diseases.
Advances in computer-aided diagnosis, imaging techniques, DNA mutation analysis, virology, immunology and biochemistry have improved our understanding of chronic liver diseases and the possibilities for non-invasive diagnosis. Various medical therapies for chronic liver diseases and their complications have been developed recently, and their monitoring has also improved. This review focuses on these recent advances in non-invasive diagnosis and management of chronic liver diseases.
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Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden, The Netherlands.
D001201:Ascites / Q000628:therapy; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy