Histological assessment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adults and children

EM Brunt - Clinical Liver Disease, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Liver biopsy interpretation continues to be central to patient care and investigative work in
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Imperfect as it is, liver biopsy remains the best
method for assessing the diagnostic categories of disease as well as the degrees of ongoing
activity and established fibrosis and remodeling. From the initial studies that solidified the
clinicopathological characteristics of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) into the lexicon of
hepatology to the current time, refinements of the histological features in adults and children …