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Portal chronic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a histologic marker of advanced NAFLD-Clinicopathologic correlations from the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical research network.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2009
Brunt Elizabeth M, Kleiner David E, Wilson Laura A, Unalp Aynur, Behling Cynthia E, Lavine Joel E, Neuschwander-Tetri Brent A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Adult nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by absent or mild portal chronic inflammation (CI); in children, portal CI may be predominant. This study correlated clinical features with portal CI. Centrally-graded biopsies and temporally-related clinical parameters from 728 adults and 205 children. From the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN) were...
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