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Comment
. 2022 Jul;56(2):376-377.
doi: 10.1111/apt.17041.

Letter: is it appropriate to use a fatty liver index >60 as an alternative criterion for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?

Xiang-Ze Li  1   2 , Jia-Qi Zhu  1 , Shi-Yu Zhang  3 , Qian-Qian He  3 , Gui-Xia Zhang  3 , Hang-Dong Jia  1 , Xian-Ming Wang  1   4
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Letter: is it appropriate to use a fatty liver index >60 as an alternative criterion for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?

Xiang-Ze Li et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Jul.
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