The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Hepatology - Tập 67 Số 1 - Trang 328-357 - 2018
Naga Chalasani1, Zobair M. Younossi2, Joel E. Lavine3, Michael Charlton4, Kenneth Cusi5, Mary E. Rinella6, Stephen A. Harrison7, Elizabeth M. Brunt8, Arun J. Sanyal9
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2Center for Liver Disease and Department of Medicine,Inova Fairfax Hospital,Falls Church,VA
3Columbia University, New York, NY
4University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
5University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
6Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
7Pinnacle Clinical Research, San Antonio, TX
8Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
9Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

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