Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2010; 16(8): 966-972
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.966
Figure 1
Figure 1 Changes in liver stiffness (LS) in a single patient with severe alcoholic liver disease (ALD) during alcohol detoxification. Upon alcohol withdrawal, GOT (A) almost normalized and LS (B) decreased by more than 3 kPa. LS eventually remained stable at ca. 7 kPa corresponding well with the histologically confirmed F2 fibrosis stage.