Awareness of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated practice patterns of primary care physicians and specialists

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Polanco Briceno, Susan ^a   Glass, Daniel ^a   Stuntz, Mark ^a   Caze, Alexis ^a  

^a LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diagnosis; Disease management; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Practice guideline; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LICENSING; LIVER; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LICENSURE; LIVER; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960901696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-1946-1     Document Type: Article

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