Hyaluronic acid predicts hepatic fibrosis in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Translational Research

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Nobili, Valerio ^a   Alisi, Anna ^a   Torre, Giuliano ^a   De Vito, Rita ^a   Pietrobattista, Andrea ^a   Morino, Giuseppe ^a   De Ville De Goyet, Jean ^a   Bedogni, Giorgio ^b,c   Pinzani, Massimo ^d  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Liver Research Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 77957309026     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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