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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most frequent chronic liver disease in children and adolescents in industrialized countries. It is important to accurately determine the stage of fibrosis in these patients. The enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) test has been validated for staging liver fibrosis in adult patients with chronic liver diseases, including NAFLD. We investigated the performance of this test in assessing liver fibrosis in children and adolescents with NAFLD, identified by biopsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1528-0012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Performance of ELF serum markers in predicting fibrosis stage in pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy. nobili66@yahoo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article