Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score and Brunt's pathologic criteria for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: What do they mean and do they agree?

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2142-2143

  Ballestri, Stefano ^a   Lonardo, Amedeo ^a   Loria, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUNT CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KLEINER CLASSIFICATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957504346     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24322     Document Type: Letter

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