A proposal of simple scoring system to differentiate nonalcoholic steatohepatitis from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: We originally named NAFIC score composed of serum ferritin, fasting insulin, type IV collagen 7S

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Sumida, Yoshio ^a   Kanemasa, Kazuyuki ^a   Douhara, Akitoshi ^a   Wada, Takako ^a   Yoshida, Naohisa ^a   Sakai, Kyoko ^a   Imai, Shunsuke ^a   Yasui, Koichirou ^b   Itoh, Yoshito ^b   Yoshikawa, Toshikazu ^b  

^a Nara City Hospital

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Immuno reactive insulin; Type IV collagen 7S

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; FERRITIN; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAFIC SCORE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 53849098094     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.49.279     Document Type: Article

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