Is NASH underdiagnosed among African Americans?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1496-1500

  Caldwell, Stephen H ^a,b   Harris, Danielle M ^a   Patrie, James T ^a   Hespenheide, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0036085069     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04151-5     Document Type: Article

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