Nonalcoholic steatofibrosis independently predicts mortality in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatology Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 421-428

  Younossi, Zobair M ^a,c   Stepanova, Maria ^b,c   Rafiq, Nila ^a,c   Henry, Linda ^b,c   Loomba, Rohit ^d   Makhlouf, Hala ^e   Goodman, Zachary ^a,c  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Diseases   (United States)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85041027082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2471254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1054     Document Type: Article

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