Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A proposal for grading and staging the histological lesions

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2467-2474

  Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a   Janney, Christine G ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a   Neuschwander Tetri, Brent A ^a   Bacon, Bruce R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033200054     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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