Use of non-invasive parameters of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis in daily practice--an exploratory case-control study.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of a metabolic syndrome. To date, liver biopsy has been the gold standard used to differentiate between simple steatosis and steatohepatitis/fibrosis. Our aim was to compare the relevance of serum non-invasive parameters and scor...

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Main Authors: Karel Dvorak, Jan Stritesky, Jaromir Petrtyl, Libor Vitek, Renata Sroubkova, Martin Lenicek, Vaclav Smid, Martin Haluzik, Radan Bruha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4211730?pdf=render