“…Data from human and experimental studies have revealed that in such situations hepatic fibrosis regresses, accompanied by a reduction in the spleen size, a drop in portal pressure and a reduction of oesophageal varices (Bina & Prata 1983, Dietze & Prata 1986, Homeida et al 1988, Mohamed-Ali et al 1991, Richter 2003. In that way, it may be assumed that not only has hepatic fibrosis been degraded and reduced, but that a considerable degree of intra-hepatic vascular remodelling has also occurred.…”