Burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and advanced fibrosis in a Texas Hispanic community cohort.

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Published in World J Hepatol on June 18, 2015

Authors

Jen-Jung Pan1, Susan P Fisher-Hoch1, Chaoru Chen1, Ariel E Feldstein1, Joseph B McCormick1, Mohammad H Rahbar1, Laura Beretta1, Michael B Fallon1

Author Affiliations

1: Jen-Jung Pan, Chaoru Chen, Michael B Fallon, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, United States.

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