Intestinal fibrosis is a common and potentially serious complication of IBD that results from the reaction of intestinal tissue to the damage inflicted by chronic inflammation. The traditional view ...

Only 5–10% of individuals infected with the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni will develop hepatic fibrosis, and in population-based studies, intensity of infection does not correlate well with the ...

The present study is based on the assumption that FT and LSM have been sufficiently validated to be used as first-line screening and confirmation tests, respectively, for the diagnosis of advanced ...