NASH-RELATED CIRRHOSIS: AN OCCULT LIVER DISEASE BURDEN

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, CHILE.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego (UCSD), CA, 92123, United States.

Marco Arrese et al. Hepatol Commun. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;1(2):84-86.

doi: 10.1002/hep4.1033. Epub 2017 Apr 6.

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, CHILE.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego (UCSD), CA, 92123, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic liver disease; liver cirrhosis; liver disease epidemiology; metabolic syndrome; surrogate indicators.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.

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