The detection of fibrosis within nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is important for ascertaining prognosis and the stratification of patients for emerging therapeutic intervention. We validated the Original European Liver Fibrosis panel (OELF) and a simplified algorithm not containing age, th
Noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis: playing the probabilities
β Scribed by Robert P. Myers
- Book ID
- 111238033
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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