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Markedly lower follow-up rate after liver biopsy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases than those with viral hepatitis in Japan

BACKGROUND: Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) are recommended to have periodic follow-up exams because these patients are at increased risk of the presence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can lead to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. We investigated the fol...

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Autores principales: Toyoda, Hidenori, Kumada, Takashi, Kiriyama, Seiki, Tanikawa, Makoto, Hisanaga, Yasuhiro, Kanamori, Akira, Tada, Toshifumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21906297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-341