DIVISION OF DIGESTIVE DISEASES SERUM AND TISSUE BANK

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究的目的是收集和保存肝病患者的血液和肝组织样本，以供未来的研究使用。未来使用这些样本的研究的目的将是开发诊断慢性肝病及其并发症的新方法，开发疾病严重程度的新标记物，并识别与急性和慢性肝病相关的新病毒。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to collect and preserve samples of blood and liver tissue from patients with liver disease to be used in future research studies. The purpose of future studies using these samples will be to develop new methods for diagnosing chronic liver diseases and their complications, to develop new markers for disease severity, and to identify new viruses associated with acute and chronic liver diseases.