Poor liver disease detection rates revealed in report
Leading medical experts are warning that the early detection of liver disease by GPs in the UK is "virtually non-existent".
The researchers, who have examined the problem for the medical journal the Lancet, have criticised a reliance on blood tests for diagnosis.
They say the technique is outdated and sometimes give false reassurance that there is no illness.
Branwen Jeffreys reports.
27 Nov 2014
- From the section Health