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Serum Progranulin as an Independent Marker of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Background: Elevated progranulin levels are associated with visceral obesity, elevated plasma glucose, and dyslipidemia. Progranulin has not been previously investigated as a biomarker of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We sought to determine whether serum progranulin levels are altered in...

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Autores principales: Yilmaz, Yusuf, Eren, Fatih, Yonal, Oya, Polat, Zulfikar, Bacha, Mohammad, Kurt, Ramazan, Ozturk, Oguzhan, Avsar, Erol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22045426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DMA-2011-0815