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New Discriminant Method for Identifying the Aggressive Disease Phenotype of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Kawamura Yusuke, Ikeda Kenji, Arase Yasuji, Fujiyama Shunichiro, Hosaka Tetsuya, Kobayashi Masahiro, Saitoh Satoshi, Sezaki Hitomi, Akuta Norio, Suzuki Fumitaka, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
Objective To detect the aggressive phenotype (AP) of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) based on the initial laboratory data and clinical characteristics. Methods We enrolled 144 patients with histologically proven NAFLD. For the first analysis, 24 NAFLD patients underwent repeat biopsy to establish a discriminant formula for predicting the AP of NAFLD (D-APN). The AP was defined by NAFLD that had been...
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