title: Cirrhosis Regression and Subclassification.
abstract: The end point of liver fibrosis in almost all chronic liver diseases is cirrhosis. Progression to cirrhosis is accompanied by vascular remodeling and regeneration with important functional and hemodynamic consequences that include development of portal hypertension and eventually decompensation and death. Fibrosis can regress following successful treatment of the underlying disease. However, most common fibrosis scoring systems are not equipped for assessing this aspect. Nodule size, septal width and fibrosis area seem to correlate with disease severity and progression in cirrhosis. Classification systems based on nodule size, septal width, and fibrosis area need to be further validated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beaujon Hospital and Clichy, University Denis Diderot, Clichy, Paris 7, France. Electronic address: pierre.bedossa@bjn.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bedossa
authors.affiliation: Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garcia-Tsao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8023, USA.
authors.forename: Dhanpat
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain