Usefulness of combination of platelet count and AST/ ALT ratio (PAAR index) for excluding advanced fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 383-386

  Sumida, Yoshio ^a   Ohno, Tomoyuki ^a   Sakai, Kyoko ^a   Kanemasa, Kazuyuki ^a   Imai, Shunsuke ^a  

^a Nara City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Platelet

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 79960140941     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: 18813593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.52.383     Document Type: Article

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