Effect of vitamin E or metformin for treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: the TONIC randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on April 27, 2011

Authors

Joel E Lavine1, Jeffrey B Schwimmer, Mark L Van Natta, Jean P Molleston, Karen F Murray, Philip Rosenthal, Stephanie H Abrams, Ann O Scheimann, Arun J Sanyal, Naga Chalasani, James Tonascia, Aynur Ünalp, Jeanne M Clark, Elizabeth M Brunt, David E Kleiner, Jay H Hoofnagle, Patricia R Robuck, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. jl3553@columbia.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children (TONIC) (TONIC) | NCT00063635

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