Chronic hepatitis C and superimposed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Liver

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 266-271

  Ong, Janus P ^a   Younossi, Zobair M ^a,b   Speer, Christian ^a   Olano, Arrel ^a   Gramlich, Terry ^b   Boparai, Navdeep ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; HCV; NAFL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034923516     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2001.021004266.x     Document Type: Article

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