To test if inflammation also interferes with liver stiffness (LS) assessment in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and to provide a clinical algorithm for reliable fibrosis assessment in ALD by FibroScan (FS).
Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstrasse 11-33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany. sebastian.mueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de