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''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage):<ref>[http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm]</ref>
''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage):<ref>[http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm]</ref>
*Stage 0 - '''no fibrosis''',
*Stage 0 - '''no fibrosis'''; "loose" strands of collagen - spaces between collagen bundles.
*Stage 1 - '''minimal fibrosis''' - no fibrous septa, no "portal expansion", i.e. no enlargement of portal area.  
*Stage 1 - '''minimal fibrosis''' - no fibrous septa, no "portal expansion", i.e. no enlargement of portal area.  
*Stage 2 - mild fibrosis; '''portal expansion''', +/-delicate septa, +/-sinusoidal fibrosis.  
*Stage 2 - mild fibrosis; '''portal expansion''', +/-delicate septa, +/-sinusoidal fibrosis.  
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''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage) - simplified version:<ref>OA. 10 September 2009.</ref>
''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage) - simplified version:<ref>OA. 10 September 2009.</ref>
*Stage 0 - '''nil'''.
*Stage 0 - '''nil; loose strands of collagen'''.
*Stage 1 - '''irregular (fibrotic) portal area'''.
*Stage 1 - '''irregular (fibrotic) portal area'''.
*Stage 2 - '''portal expansion'''.  
*Stage 2 - '''portal expansion'''.  
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