title: [Methods of early diagnostics of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis].
abstract: The article covers the functional and clinical importance of hepatic fibrosis. Contemporary principles of invasive and non-invasive diagnostics of fibrotic changes are described. The article deals with the main types of fibrosis, chronic hepatic diseases in which they develop, and the most wide-spread systems of semiquantitative evaluation of fibrotic process' morphologic signs.
authors.forename: Ch S
authors.initials: ChS
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: Iu O
authors.initials: IuO
authors.lastname: Shul'pekova
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Zolotarevskiĭ
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Ivashkin
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed