Journal of Clinical Medicine (Nov 2022)

Cirrhosis, a Global and Challenging Disease

  • José Ignacio Fortea,
  • Javier Crespo,
  • Ángela Puente

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 21
p. 6512

Abstract

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Cirrhosis is the result of sustained liver damage leading to the diffusion of hepatic fibrosis, wherein the normal hepatic architecture is replaced by abnormally organized nodules separated by fibrous septa that connect the different vascular structures of the hepatic lobule [...]

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