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Liver Involvement in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: Role of Transient Elastography in the Assessment of Hepatic Fibrosis and Steatosis
2023-04-25
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<h4>Background: </h4> Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized by widespread inflammation, vascular abnormalities, and both skin and visceral organ fibrosis. Tissue fibrosis is the final phase of a complex biological process of immune activation and vascular damage. Objectives The aim of study was to assess hepatic fibrosis and steatosis in SSc patients by tran...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5eccdcca-17fa-5c10-aed3-530197b72a60
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202304.0896.v1
