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The pediatric NAFLD fibrosis index: a predictor of liver fibrosis in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

BACKGROUND: Liver fibrosis is a stage of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is responsible for liver-related morbidity and mortality in adults. Accordingly, the search for non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis has been the subject of intensive efforts in adults with NAFLD. Here, we dev...

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Autores principales: Nobili, Valerio, Alisi, Anna, Vania, Andrea, Tiribelli, Claudio, Pietrobattista, Andrea, Bedogni, Giorgio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19409076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-7-21