New clinical score to diagnose nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in obese patients

BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most frequent disease associated with abnormal liver tests that is characterized by a wide spectrum of liver damage, ranging from simple macro vesicular steatosis to steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis or liver carcinoma. Liver biopsy is the...

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Main Authors: Pulzi, Fernanda BU, Cisternas, Raul, Melo, Murilo R, Ribeiro, Cristiane MF, Malheiros, Carlos A, Salles, João E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055806/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345221
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-3-3
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