Long-term mortality in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Is liver histology of any prognostic significance?

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Angulo, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75449102165     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23521     Document Type: Editorial

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