title: [The complex management of cirrhosis patients].
abstract: All chronic liver diseases, whatever their causes, can lead to cirrhosis, when they evolve untreated for more than 10 to 20 years. The diagnosis of cirrhosis is based on the histology obtained from a liver biopsy, or on composite scores or elasticity. While these indirect tests are approved they are only reimbursed for viral hepatitis C associated or not with HIV.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie (CHU Poitiers), Laboratoire Inflammation, tissus épithéliaux et cytokines EA 4331 (pôle biologie-santé), CHU de Poitiers, 2, rue de la Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France. Electronic address: christine.silvain@chu-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silvain
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: alcohol; alcool; cirrhose; cirrhosis; complication; diagnosis; diagnostic; hepatitis; hépatite; prise en charge; treatment