P1028 NON-INVASIVE SCORE SYSTEM FOR FIBROSIS (NISF) IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE: A NEW MODEL COMBINING BIOCHEMICAL, ELASTOGRAPHIC AND ULTRASOUND DATA

Background and Aims: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of disorders characterised by hepatic steatosis, which may be benign (NAFL) or which may progress via inflammation and fibrosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and then to cirrhosis and liver failure. Liver biopsy is the standard diagnostic approach for NAFL/NASH. However it has limitations due to sampling site variability, cost and procedure-related morbidity....