الفهرس 
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Abstract
Liver fibrosis is an excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins and it is the result of all chronic liver disease. • Liver biopsy is a gold standard method for diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis. It is an invasive procedure, but major complications are very rare. • Liver cirrhosis is the end result of all chronic liver diseases and is defined as replacement of liver tissue by fibrous scar as well as regenerative nodules resulting in loss of normal hepatic architecture and progressive loss of liver functions. • FibroScan is a non-invasive method for measuring liver stiffness and according to the results in Kpa that correlated to Metavir score the hepatic fibrosis may be staged with different cutoff value.