Figure 3From: Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in the Human Liver with Idiopathic Portal HypertensionSerum levels of CTGF in patients with IPH, patients with HCV, and healthy volunteers (control). Patients with HCV were divided in four groups according to the stage of hepatic fibrosis: F1, periportal fibrous expansion; F2, porto-portal septa; F3, porto-central septa; and F4, cirrhosis. * means significantly higher than the control value.Back to article page