Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Assessment of variability in pathologic interpretations

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 560-565

  Younossi, Zobair M ^a   Gramlich, Terry ^a   Yao, Chang Liu ^b   Matteoni, Christi ^a   Petrelli, Mary ^b   Goldblum, John ^a   Rybicki, Lisa ^a   McCullough, Arthur J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

NASH; Observer variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL VACUOLE; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEATOSIS;

BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0031844760     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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