Hepatic steatosis index: a simple screening tool reflecting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

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To optimize management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a simple screening tool is necessary. In this study, we aimed to devise a simple index of NAFLD.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Dig Liver Dis

Title: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-3562

ISSN (Print): 1590-8658

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2010

Volume: 42

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea.

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Publisher Item ID: S1590-8658(09)00336-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.08.002

PubMed ID: 19766548

SO-VID: 243be78b-f08d-41b4-9150-fec416e66d8e

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