title: Noninvasive evaluation of liver disease severity.
abstract: In assessing the severity of chronic liver disease, one measures either the fibrotic structure of the liver or liver function. This article reviews the methods for evaluating the severity of liver disease noninvasively by estimating function or structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California-Irvine University of California Medical Center, 101 City Drive, South Orange, CA 92668, USA. jchoefs@uci.edu
authors.forename: John Carl
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hoefs
authors.forename: Phillip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lizotte
mesh_terms: D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor