Clinical characteristics associated with hepatic steatosis on ultrasonography in patients with elevated alanine aminotransferase

Clinical characteristics associated with hepatic steatosis on ultrasonography in patients with elevated alanine aminotransferase

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The main causes of hepatic steatosis (HS) are alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Although liver biopsy is the gold standard for NAFLD diagnosis, the finding of abnormal aminotransferases in abstinent individuals, without known liver disease,...

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Main Authors: Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Roberto José de Carvalho-Filho, Débora Yumi Hayashida, Jenny Hue Jiuan Wang, Tatiana Santana Souza, Christini Takemi Emori, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz, Antonio Eduardo Benedito Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Fatty liver
Alanine transaminase
Ultrasonography
Diabetes mellitus
Body mass index
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