Validation of the FIB4 index in a Japanese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease population

BACKGROUND: A reliable and inexpensive noninvasive marker of hepatic fibrosis is required in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). FIB4 index (based on age, aspartate aminotransferase [AST] and alanine aminotransferase [ALT] levels, and platelet counts) is expected to be useful for...

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Autores principales: Sumida, Yoshio, Yoneda, Masato, Hyogo, Hideyuki, Itoh, Yoshito, Ono, Masafumi, Fujii, Hideki, Eguchi, Yuichiro, Suzuki, Yasuaki, Aoki, Noriaki, Kanemasa, Kazuyuki, Fujita, Koji, Chayama, Kazuaki, Saibara, Toshiji, Kawada, Norifumi, Fujimoto, Kazuma, Kohgo, Yutaka, Yoshikawa, Toshikazu, Okanoue, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22221544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22221544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-2

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