MEANS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FIBROSIS AND CIRRHOSIS

摘要

The present invention is concerned with a method for differentiating between liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis in a subject based on the determination of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 (GDF-15), Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) and/or Endoglin in a sample of a subject and comparing the, thus, determined amount with a reference amount (reference amounts). Further envisaged by the present invention are kit and a device adapted to carry out the method of the present invention.