Gender and racial differences in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Pan, Jen Jung ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genetic polymorphism; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Prevalence; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901398988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v6.i5.274     Document Type: Article

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