To Biopsy or Not to Biopsy: Evaluation of a Large German Cohort of Patients with Abnormal Liver Tests of Unknown Etiology

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-407745
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.40774

Rey, J. W. ; Jahn-Eimermacher, A. ; Doernberger, V. ; Barreiros, Ana Paula ; Krupp, M. ; Hoffman, A. ; Kiesslich, R. ; Müller-Schilling, Martina ; Galle, P. R. ; Teufel, Andreas

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Abstract

Background and Aims: Despite increasingly sensitive and accurate blood tests to detect liver disease, liver biopsy remains very useful in patients with atypical clinical features and abnormal liver tests of unknown etiology. The aim was to determine those elevated laboratory liver parameters that cause the clinician to order a biopsy, and whether laboratory tests are associated with pathological ...