Prevalence of ultrasound-diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a hospital cohort and its association with anthropometric, biochemical and sonographic characteristics.

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Published in Int J Clin Exp Med on July 15, 2010

Authors

Georgi Kirovski1, Doris Schacherer, Hella Wobser, Hanna Huber, Christoph Niessen, Catrin Beer, Jürgen Schölmerich, Claus Hellerbrand

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg Germany.

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