Cytokeratin 18 Fragment Levels as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Bariatric Surgery Patients

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is extremely common among morbidly obese patients. We assessed the usefulness of plasma caspase-generated cytokeratin 18 (CK-18) fragments as a novel marker for NAFLD in a bariatric cohort. METHODS: The cohort consisted of 99 consecutiv...

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Autori principali: Diab, Dima L., Yerian, Lisa, Schauer, Philip, Kashyap, Sangeeta R., Lopez, Rocio, Hazen, Stanley L., Feldstein, Ariel E.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2008
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628560/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18995215
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2008.07.016
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