Weight loss outcomes after liver biopsy in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1136-1137

  You, David M ^a   Volk, Charles G ^a   Philo, Leonard ^a   Partridge, Brett J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BIOPSY; EVALUATION STUDY; LIVER; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LIVER; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84938495786     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.08.042     Document Type: Letter

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