The future is around the corner: Noninvasive diagnosis of progressive nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-375

  Baranova, Ancha ^a,b,c   Younossi, Zobair M ^a,c  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 39549096031     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22140     Document Type: Editorial

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