Liver elastography confirms liver fibrosis (stiffness) and helps providers reach a diagnosis to suggest treatment. Learn ...

The Liver Function Test (LFT) is used to evaluate the health of a person’s liver, and to detect liver disease. In other words ...

Background: Liver function tests (LFTs) are ordered in large numbers in primary care, and the Birmingham and Lambeth Liver Evaluation Testing Strategies (BALLETS) study was set up to assess their ...

A 77-year-old woman with a history of hepatitis C cirrhosis presents to the emergency department with 24 hours of progressive ...

A new study finds that a blood test may be a more reliable indicator of liver disease than asking how much a person drinks. Excessive drinking can damage the liver. Yet, unlike obesity or high ...

Fifty-four were excluded because they did not match the entry criteria in the protocol, along with a further 54 where data on at least one viral hepatitis test was ... of the liver (tested for ...