Non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in fatty liver disease are unreliable in people of South Asian descent

OBJECTIVE: Liver biopsy is the most accurate method for determining stage and grade of injury in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Given risks and limitations of biopsy, non-invasive tests such as NAFLD fibrosis score, aspartate transaminase (AST) to platelet ratio index, Fib-4, AST/alanine...

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Autores principales: De Silva, Sampath, Li, Wenhao, Kemos, Polychronis, Brindley, James H, Mecci, Jibran, Samsuddin, Salma, Chin-Aleong, Joanne, Feakins, Roger M, Foster, Graham R, Syn, Wing-Kin, Alazawi, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Liver
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5868450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29588839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2017-100865

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5868450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29588839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2017-100865

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