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Article Navigation >  Journal of Clinical Hepatology  > 2023  >  39(11): 2689-2696

Research advances in noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in autoimmune liver diseases

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.11.026

  • Department of Infectious Diseases，The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University，Nanchang 330006，China

Research funding:

General Program of Jiangxi Natural Science Foundation (20192BAB205090);

Science and Technology Project of Jiangxi Province Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2020A0174)

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  • Corresponding author: YANG Lixia， ylx35366@163.com （ORCID： 0000-0002-8167-1521）
  • Received Date: 2023-03-14
  • Accepted Date: 2023-05-10
  • Published Date: 2023-11-28
    Abstract
  • Autoimmune liver diseases （ALD） are a group of chronic inflammatory liver diseases mediated by autoimmune response and can progress to liver fibrosis， liver cirrhosis， and even liver failure. Early diagnosis， early treatment， and dynamic follow-up of liver fibrosis in ALD may help to improve the prognosis of the disease and even reverse early-stage liver cirrhosis. Due to the limitations and potential risks of liver biopsy， the search for noninvasive techniques has become a research hotspot in the field of liver fibrosis. This article reviews the recent research advances in serum markers and imaging techniques for liver fibrosis in ALD and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of each detection method and their development trends.

     

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