Latest advances in diagnosis of autoimmune liver disease
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Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background & Objective: Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and increases the risk of mortality. Understanding the trends of its clinical and biochemical changes is essential to identify patients with NAFLD that are at the greatest risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis in Iran. M...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Chinese Journal of Digestology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2219-2859
DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v24.i29.4085