Diagnosing fatty liver disease: a comparative evaluation of metabolic markers, phenotypes, genotypes and established biomarkers.

Diagnosing fatty liver disease: a comparative evaluation of metabolic markers, phenotypes, genotypes and established biomarkers.

BACKGROUND:To date, liver biopsy is the only means of reliable diagnosis for fatty liver disease (FLD). Owing to the inevitable biopsy-associated health risks, however, the development of valid noninvasive diagnostic tools for FLD is well warranted. AIM:We evaluated a particular metabolic profile wi...

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Main Authors: Sabine Siegert, Zhonghao Yu, Rui Wang-Sattler, Thomas Illig, Jerzy Adamski, Jochen Hampe, Susanna Nikolaus, Stefan Schreiber, Michael Krawczak, Michael Nothnagel, Ute Nöthlings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3793954?pdf=render

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