MAFLD: perceived stigma-a single-center Mexican patient survey

Nahum Méndez-Sánchez^{1

2}, Shreya C Pal^{3

4}, Eduardo Fassio⁵, Javier Díaz-Ferrer⁶, Jorge Alberto Prado-Robles⁷

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 4510, Mexico City, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
² Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150. Col. Toriello Guerra Tlalpan, 14050, Mexico City, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
³ Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 4510, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150. Col. Toriello Guerra Tlalpan, 14050, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁵ Gastroenterology Department and Liver Unit, Hospital Alejandro Posadas, El Palomar, Argentina.
⁶ Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins-Essalud, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
⁷ Sociedad Boliviana de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Digestiva, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

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Nahum Méndez-Sánchez et al. Hepatol Int. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;17(2):507-508.

doi: 10.1007/s12072-022-10448-y. Epub 2022 Dec 6.

Nahum Méndez-Sánchez^{1

2}, Shreya C Pal^{3

4}, Eduardo Fassio⁵, Javier Díaz-Ferrer⁶, Jorge Alberto Prado-Robles⁷

¹ Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 4510, Mexico City, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
² Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150. Col. Toriello Guerra Tlalpan, 14050, Mexico City, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
³ Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 4510, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150. Col. Toriello Guerra Tlalpan, 14050, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁵ Gastroenterology Department and Liver Unit, Hospital Alejandro Posadas, El Palomar, Argentina.
⁶ Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins-Essalud, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
⁷ Sociedad Boliviana de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Digestiva, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

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