Novel algorithm for non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in NAFLD.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Various conditions of liver disease and the downsides of liver biopsy call for a non-invasive option to assess liver fibrosis. A non-invasive score would be especially useful to identify patients with slow advancing fibrotic processes, as in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver...

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Main Authors: Jan-Peter Sowa, Dominik Heider, Lars Peter Bechmann, Guido Gerken, Daniel Hoffmann, Ali Canbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23638085/?tool=EBI