Screening of chronic liver disease by transient elastography in patients with lung disease associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Conclusions: Abnormal liver enzymes are frequent in carriers of the Z allele in AATD, but in the majority of cases this alteration does not translate to altered liver stiffness. Transient elastography could be a useful tool but validation with liver biopsy is needed.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Barrecheguren Fernandez, M., Pons, M., Torres, M., Tubio, R. A., Nunez, A., Martin-Granizo, I., Figueira-Alvarez, M., Rodriguez, E., Esquinas, C., Genesca, J., Miravitlles, M. Tags: Clinical Problems Source Type: research