Role of liver biopsy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn , Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9026-9037

  Nalbantoglu, Ilke ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grading and staging; Histopathology; Liver biopsy; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE INSULIN SENSITIVITY CHECK INDEX; REVIEW; STAGING; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; COMPLICATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84905403644     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i27.9026     Document Type: Review

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