The patients had a median fibrosis stage of 1, as determined by trichrome stain. A median stiffness of 8.2 kPa and a FIB-4 of 2.032 were both predictors of stage 2 fibrosis. Importantly ...

However, some health experts may refer to the four stages of liver disease. These include inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease. There are two clinical stages of cirrhosis ...

As noted above, stellate cell activation is the central event in hepatic fibrosis. Activation consists of 2 major phases: (1) initiation (also called apreinflammatory stage) and (2) perpetuation ...