BACKGROUND & AIMS: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease. At present, there is no appropriate histologic scoring system available for PSC, evaluating both degree of necroinflammatory activity (grade) and fibrosis (stage). The aim of this study was to assess if three scoring systems, commonly used in different liver diseases could be applied for grading and/or staging of PSC.
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Elisabeth M G de Vries, Joanne Verheij, Stefan G Hubscher, Mariska M G Leeflang, Kirsten Boonstra, Ulrich Beuers, Cyriel Y Ponsoen, Journal of Hepatology 2015, 63 (5): 1212-9
The remainder of the abstract can be found at this link.
Elisabeth M G de Vries, Joanne Verheij, Stefan G Hubscher, Mariska M G Leeflang, Kirsten Boonstra, Ulrich Beuers, Cyriel Y Ponsoen, Journal of Hepatology 2015, 63 (5): 1212-9
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