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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Liver fibrosis: Consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL)
Hepatology International, Volume 3, No. 2, Year 2009
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Description
Liver fibrosis is a common pathway leading to cirrhosis, which is the final result of injury to the liver. Accurate assessment of the degree of fibrosis is important clinically, especially when treatments aimed at reversing fibrosis are being evolved. Liver biopsy has been considered to be the "gold standard" to assess fibrosis. However, liver biopsy being invasive and, in many instances, not favored by patients or physicians, alternative approaches to assess liver fibrosis have assumed great importance. Moreover, therapies aimed at reversing the liver fibrosis have also been tried lately with variable results. Till now, there has been no consensus on various clinical, pathological, and radiological aspects of liver fibrosis. The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver set up a working party on liver fibrosis in 2007, with a mandate to develop consensus guidelines on various aspects of liver fibrosis relevant to disease patterns and clinical practice in the Asia-Pacific region. The process for the development of these consensus guidelines involved the following: Review of all available published literature by a core group of experts; proposal of consensus statements by the experts; discussion of the contentious issues; and unanimous approval of the consensus statements after discussion. The Oxford System of evidence-based approach was adopted for developing the consensus statements using the level of evidence from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest) and grade of recommendation from A (strongest) to D (weakest). The consensus statements are presented in this review. © Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver 2008.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shiha, Gamal Elsayed
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Sarin, Shiv Kumar
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Ibrahim, Alaa Eldin
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Omata, Masao
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Kumar, Ashish
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Lesmana, Laurentius Adrianus
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Leung, Nancy Wai Yee
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Tözün, Nurdan
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Hamid, Saeed Sadiq
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Jafri, Wasim S.M.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Maruyama, Hitushi
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Bédossa, Pierre
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Pinzani, Massimo
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Chawla, Yogesh Kumar
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Esmat, Gamal
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Doss, Wahid H.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Elzanaty, Taher
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Sakhuja, Puja
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Nasr, Ahmed Medhat
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Abdel Aziz, Ashraf O.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Wai, Chuntao
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Abdallah, Ahmed F.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Salama, Mohsen A.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Hamed, Abd Elkhalek
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Yousry, Ayman
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Waked, I. A.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Elsahar, Medhat
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Fateen, Amr Abdelkader
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Mogawer, Mohamed S.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Hamdy, Hassan S.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Elwakil, Reda Mahmoud
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 108
Authors: 31
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s12072-008-9114-x
ISSN:
19360533
e-ISSN:
19360541
Research Areas
Violence And Injury