The potential diagnostic value of performing Doppler measurements of liver vasculature to assess early stages of liver fibrosis has not been established. Due to the potential clinical impact, this study focused on the correlation between Doppler measurements and histologically proven liver fibrosis.
Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krenkenhausstrasse 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. thomas.bernatik@med1.imed.uni-erlangen.de