stages in europe 1 to 6

my question is.is stage 3 in europe stage 2 in america and is stage 6 stage 4 is that how it breaks down thanks for your help

[Marcia2202]

It has nothing to to with Europe or the US. There are different ways of scoring, Metavir goes from A0 / F0 to A4 / F4   and Ishak scoring goes from 1 to 6 (if I'm not mistaken).

It depends what system your doctor uses.

Here in Denmark, as well as in France, they usually use the Metavir system.

[Marcia2202]

http://hepatitis.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/Metavir.htm

[Marcia2202]

Here is a link to an excellent site Janis and friends. Here you can read about all the different types of scoring

http://janis7hepc.com/biopsies.htm#scoring%20and%20grading%20biopies

[damosaab]

thanks for link wil check it out cheers