Long-term outcomes of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Current Hepatitis Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 69-76

  Kwak, Min Sun ^a   Kim, Donghee ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diabetes; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

EID: 84943248118     PISSN: 15403416     EISSN: 15410706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11901-015-0258-6     Document Type: Article

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