Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - Non-invasive markers of fibrosis or liver biopsy for determining liver fibrosis

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of chronic liver disease & liver transplantation and its incidence is increasing even in Asian countries. The gold standard for assessing hepatic fibrosis is liver histology but due to its limitations, noninvasive tests to assess hepatic fibrosis which can be used as alternative to liver biopsy have been developed. In a cross-sectional study, 25 diagnosed NAFLD patients underwent...