Response to do ultrasonographic semiquantitative indices predict histological changes in NASH irrespective of steatosis extent?

Liver International

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2341-2342

  Bril, Fernando ^a,b   Cusi, Kenneth ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LETTER; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84942364956     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12869     Document Type: Letter

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