PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Afdhal, Nezam H.
TI  - Assessment of Liver Fibrosis With New Modalities
DP  - 2015 Sep 07
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 5--7
VI  - 15
IP  - 14
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/14/5.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/14/5.full
AB  - Although liver biopsy is considered the gold standard method of assessment for liver fibrosis, it is being displaced by noninvasive testing, such as serum biomarkers, vibration-controlled transient elastography, magnetic resonance elastography, and acoustic radiation force impulse. However, it is important to understand how they perform, particularly in patients with stage 2 to 3 fibrosis.