Liver biopsy findings from healthy potential living liver donors: reasons for disqualification, silent diseases and correlation with liver injury tests
MI Minervini, K Ruppert, P Fontes, R Volpes… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Liver biopsies detect silent donor disease in potential living liver
donors and provide material for studies of subclinical non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD). Our primary goal was to determine the contribution of biopsy findings to potential
donor evaluation. Factors contributing to pre-clinical NAFLD and correlations between liver
injury tests and histopathology have been also determined. METHODS: Patient records,
laboratory tests and results of the histopathologic examination and diagnoses of 284 …
donors and provide material for studies of subclinical non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD). Our primary goal was to determine the contribution of biopsy findings to potential
donor evaluation. Factors contributing to pre-clinical NAFLD and correlations between liver
injury tests and histopathology have been also determined. METHODS: Patient records,
laboratory tests and results of the histopathologic examination and diagnoses of 284 …