There's more under the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease umbrella than an elevated alanine aminotransferase level

Affiliations

¹ Cincinnati Children's Steatohepatitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: rohit.kohli@cchmc.org.

Editorial

Rohit Kohli. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;164(4):684-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.026. Epub 2014 Jan 23.

¹ Cincinnati Children's Steatohepatitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: rohit.kohli@cchmc.org.

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