The development of the Pediatric NAFLD Fibrosis Score (PNFS) to predict the presence of advanced fibrosis in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Alkhouri, Naim ^a   Mansoor, Sana ^a   Giammaria, Paola ^b   Liccardo, Daniela ^b   Lopez, Rocio ^a   Nobili, Valerio ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOPSY; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PLATELET COUNT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84905976072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104558     Document Type: Article

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