Cytokeratin-18 and uric acid predicts disease severity in Taiwanese nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients.

Cytokeratin-18 and uric acid predicts disease severity in Taiwanese nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients.

Identification of disease severity remains a challenge in the management of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Cytokeratin-18 (CK18), is a recently developed non-invasive biomarker for NASH. We aimed to assess the performance of CK18 in disease severity prediction among Taiwanese NASH patients.A...

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Main Authors: Jee-Fu Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Chung-Feng Huang, Ching-I Huang, Pei-Chien Tsai, Chi-Ming Tai, Hua-Ling Yang, Chia-Yen Dai, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Shinn-Chern Chen, Ming-Lung Yu, Wan-Long Chuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417412?pdf=render

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