Yao Xi-Xian, Jiang Shu-Lin, Yao Dong-Mei
Department of Gastroenterology of Internal Medicine, Second Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China.
World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb 7;11(5):617-22. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i5.617.
Hepatic cirrhosis is a common disease that poses a serious threat to public health, and is characterized by chronic, progressive and diffuse hepatic lesions preceded by hepatic fibrosis regardless of the exact etiologies. In recent years, considerable achievements have been made in China in research of the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and especially the treatment of hepatic fibrosis, resulting in much improved prognosis of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. In this paper, the authors review the current status of research in hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and their major complications.
肝硬化是一种对公众健康构成严重威胁的常见疾病,其特征是无论确切病因如何,在肝纤维化之前出现慢性、进行性和弥漫性肝损伤。近年来,中国在肝纤维化的病因发病机制、诊断尤其是治疗研究方面取得了相当大的成就,肝纤维化和肝硬化的预后有了很大改善。本文作者综述了肝纤维化、肝硬化及其主要并发症的研究现状。