Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients for liver biopsy

Case	Age	Gender	Relative liver disease	Masson*
1	50	Male	Idiopathic portal hypertension	++
2	40	Female	Medicamentous liver lesion	+
3	60	Male	Hepatic insufficiency	++
4	66	Female	Autoimmune hepatitis	+++
5	31	Male	Hepatic insufficiency	+
6	41	Female	Autoimmune hepatitis	++
7	67	Female	Hepatic lesion	++
8	55	Male	Alcoholic hepatitis	+
9	39	Male	Hepatic insufficiency	++
10	54	Male	Cholelithiasis	-
11	66	Male	Hepatic haemangioma	-
12	47	Female	Hepatic haemangioma	-
13	57	Male	Cholelithiasis	-

^*Trichrome staining for fibrosis.