Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6091392 | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2014 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
Decreases in serum levels of K18 are associated strongly with improved liver histologies in adults or children with NAFLD. However, reductions in K18 do not perform better than those in alanine aminotransferase level in identifying histologic changes in NAFLD.
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Authors
Raj Vuppalanchi, Ajay K. Jain, Ross Deppe, Katherine Yates, Megan Comerford, Howard C. Masuoka, Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri, Rohit Loomba, Elizabeth M. Brunt, David E. Kleiner, Jean P. Molleston, Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Joel E. Lavine, James Tonascia,