Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

OBJECTIVES: Non-invasive fibrosis scores are widely used to identify/exclude advanced fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, these scores were principally developed and validated in patients aged between 35 and 65 years of age. The objective of this study was t...

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Autores principales: McPherson, Stuart, Hardy, Tim, Dufour, Jean-Francois, Petta, Salvatore, Romero-Gomez, Manuel, Allison, Mike, Oliveira, Claudia P, Francque, Sven, Van Gaal, Luc, Schattenberg, Jörn M, Tiniakos, Dina, Burt, Alastair, Bugianesi, Elisabetta, Ratziu, Vlad, Day, Christopher P, Anstee, Quentin M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Liver
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27725647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2016.453

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