title: [Current methods of early diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis].
abstract: The article covers the functional and clinical significance of hepatic fibrosis. Contemporary principles of invasive and non-invasive methods of diagnostics of fibrotic alterations are described. The article also covers the main forms of fibrosis, chronic hepatic diseases in which they are found, and the most wide-spread systems of half-quantitative evaluation of morphological signs of the fibrotic process.
authors.forename: Ch S
authors.initials: ChS
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Zolotarevskiĭ
authors.forename: Iu O
authors.initials: IuO
authors.lastname: Shul'pekova
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Ivashkin
mesh_terms: D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*