Methodological concerns about a recent meta-analysis of the influence of the I148M variant of patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 on the susceptibility and histological severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2145-2145

  Liu, Liu ^a   Shao, Jiang Hua ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Hua, Fu Zhou ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATATIN LIKE PHOSPHOLIPASE DOMAIN CONTAINING 3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FATTY LIVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LIPASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957445167     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24335     Document Type: Letter

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