Letter to the Editor: Regional Epidemics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Timing of Westernization and Ethnicity Matter

Jee-Fu Huang^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Centre for Liquid Biopsy and Cancer Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Comment

Jee-Fu Huang et al. Hepatology. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;72(2):781.

doi: 10.1002/hep.31122.

Jee-Fu Huang^{1

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3

4}, Chia-Yen Dai^{1

2

3

4}, Ming-Lung Yu^{1

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3

4}, Wan-Long Chuang^{1

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3

4}

¹ Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Centre for Liquid Biopsy and Cancer Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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