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Changes in blood microbiota profiles associated with liver fibrosis in obese patients: A pilot analysis
17 Sept 2016
Abstract excerpt
The early detection of liver fibrosis among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an important clinical need. In view of the suggested role played by bacterial translocation in liver disease and obesity, we sought to investigate the relationship between blood microbiota and liver fibrosis (LF) in European cohorts of patients with severe obesity. We carried out a cross-sectional study of obese...
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