Noninvasive diagnosis and monitoring of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Present and future

Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 582-589

  Wieckowska, Anna ^a   McCullough, Arthur J ^a   Feldstein, Ariel E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 34548306754     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21768     Document Type: Review

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