Studies on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease should stratify by disease severity

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Matthew T McKenna-Barry et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 Nov 22:367:l6495.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6495.

¹ Hepatology Unit, Beaumont Hospital / Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Authors' reply to McKenna-Barry and Ryan.
Sattar N, Alazawi W; coauthors. Sattar N, et al. BMJ. 2019 Nov 22;367:l6549. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6549. BMJ. 2019. PMID: 31757800 No abstract available.

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