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Review
. 2014 Jul 29:349:g4596.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4596.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Naveed Sattar  1 , Ewan Forrest  2 , David Preiss  3
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Review

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Naveed Sattar et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: none.

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Proposed algorithm for diagnosis and initial management of suspected or confirmed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in primary care. ALT=alanine aminotransferase; LFTs=liver function tests; AST=aspartate aminotransferase. *Some biochemistry laboratories only measure one of the transaminases and in such cases it will be necessary to request both ALT and AST tests in relevant patients
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