[Syndrome of overlap of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis with the outcome in cirrhosis of the liver, complicated by fatal bleeding in the small intestine].

The authors presents the clinical case of autoimmune overlap syndrome: autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis with outcomes in the hepatic cirrhosis complicated fatal intestinal bleeding.

[Diagnostic value of serum markers of fibrosis in chronic liver diseases].

Aim: To estimate the diagnostic value (DV) of direct markers of liver fibrosis, such as type IV collagen (C-IV), hyaluronic acid (HA), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) in combination with indirect markers of fibrosis, such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GTP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), platelets, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in evaluating liver fibrosis.

Subjects And Methods: Sixty-seven patients with chronic diffuse liver diseases were examined. ALT, AST, gamma-GTP, and ALP were determined as indirect indicators of fibrosis.