We congratulate Fracanzani and colleagues 1 on their insightful article identifying factors associated with severe liver disease in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and normal aminotransferase levels. First, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that normal alanine aminotr
Serum metabolomic profile and potential biomarkers for severity of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
✍ Scribed by Katsutoshi Tokushige, Etsuko Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Kodama…
- Book ID
- 120914531
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 580 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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