Non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment correlates with collagen and elastic fiber quantity in patients with hepatitis C virus infection.
Yutaka YasuiTokiya AbeMasayuki KurosakiKotaro MatsunagaMayu HiguchiNobuharu TamakiKeiya WatakabeMao OkadaWan WangTakao ShimizuKenta TakauraYohei MasugiHiroyuki NakanishiKaoru TsuchiyaYuka TakahashiJun ItakuraUrara SakuraiAkinori HashiguchiMichiie SakamotoNamiki IzumiPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2018)
Liver fibrosis correlates with fiber quantity through non-invasive assessment regardless of fiber type, including elastic fiber. Moreover, MRE is useful for predicting high amounts of elastic fiber.