Shear wave elastography reveals a high prevalence of liver fibrosis in overweight or obese Hispanic youth

Background: Obesity, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Inflammation and hepatocellular damage associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease lead to progressive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Current tests to identify fi...

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Autores principales: Sandhu, Sanjeet, Orsi, Carisse, Francis, Gary L., Wang, Zhu, Fernandez, Roman, Alkhouri, Naim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Exeley Inc. 2020
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33365151
http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2020.0027

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33365151
http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2020.0027

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