Tests for diagnosing and monitoring non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults

Christopher D Byrne^{1

2}, Janisha Patel³, Eleonora Scorletti^{4

2}, Giovanni Targher⁵

Affiliations

¹ Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK cdtb@soton.ac.uk.
² Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
³ Department of Hepatology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.

Christopher D Byrne et al. BMJ. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 12:362:k2734.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2734.

Christopher D Byrne^{1

2}, Janisha Patel³, Eleonora Scorletti^{4

2}, Giovanni Targher⁵

¹ Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK cdtb@soton.ac.uk.
² Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
³ Department of Hepatology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.

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