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Variant adiponutrin (PNPLA3) represents a common fibrosis risk gene: non-invasive elastography-based study in chronic liver disease.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 2011
Krawczyk Marcin, Grünhage Frank, Zimmer Vincent, Lammert Frank
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified the variant p.I148M of the adiponutrin gene PNPLA3 as a risk factor for developing severe forms of non-alcoholic and alcoholic liver diseases. The risk allele confers an increased risk for fatty liver disease and elevated s...
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