DOI:
        10.1055/s-00000069
      
      
        Seminars in Liver Disease
      
      
        
          
            Issue 02 ·
           Volume 25 ·
           May 2005
            
          
           DOI: 10.1055/s-002-4126 
          
            
          
          Editor in Chief Paul D Berk M.D., Guest Editor Jordi Bruix M.D. 
          
        
        
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
        
          
            
              
              
              
                
                  
                    
                    
                      
                          
                          
                            
                            Post-Test Questions
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
        C-1
      
    
  
  
  
                      
                          
                          
                            
                            FOREWORD
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Lee, Ju-Seog; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Thorgeirsson, Snorri S.: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Kojiro, Masamichi; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Roskams, Tania: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Colombo, Massimo; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Donato, Maria Francesca: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Lencioni, Riccardo; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Cioni, Dania; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Pina, Clotilde Della; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Crocetti, Laura; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Bartolozzi, Carlo: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Sala, Margarita; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Forner, Alejandro; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Varela, Maria; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Bruix, Jordi: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Llovet, Josep M.; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Schwartz, Myron; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Mazzaferro, Vincenzo: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Beaugrand, Michel; 
              
            
          
            
              
              N'kontchou, Giselè; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Seror, Olivier; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Ganne, Nathalie; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Trinchet, Jean-Claude: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Roberts, Lewis R.; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Gores, Gregory J.: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                            
                            DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN HEPATOLOGY
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Xu, Ruliang; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Mistry, Pramod; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Mckenna, Gregg; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Emre, Sukru; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Fiel, Maria Isabel; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Schiano, Thomas; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Bu-Ghanim, Moueen; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Levi, Gabriel: 
              
            
          
      
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
    
   
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                            
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
  
    
      
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              Brunt, Elizabeth M.; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Wolverson, Michael K.; 
              
            
          
            
              
              Di Bisceglie, Adrian M.: