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The Prevalence of NAFLD and Fibrosis in Bariatric Surgery Patients and the Reliability of Noninvasive Diagnostic Methods

BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery patients have a higher prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) than the general population; however, its assessment and the accurate staging of fibrosis are often complicated because noninvasive tests are not very accurate in patients with morbid obesity, and live...

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Autores principales: Soresi, Maurizio, Cabibi, Daniela, Giglio, Rosaria V., Martorana, Stefania, Guercio, Giuseppina, Porcasi, Rossana, Terranova, Antonino, Lazzaro, Luigi A., Emma, Maria R., Augello, Giuseppa, Cervello, Melchiorre, Pantuso, Gianni, Montalto, Giuseppe, Giannitrapani, Lydia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7201516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5023157