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SUBMITTER: Han MAT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7555355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20200913 9
Fatty liver syndrome is an emerging health problem in the world, due to the high prevalence of obesity and alcohol use disorder. Given the nature of the disease's advancement to cirrhosis and liver-related complications, it is important to assess the severity of the disease, which is typically done via a liver biopsy. Due to the limitations and risks of liver biopsy, the role of noninvasive tests is essential and evolving to stratify the stage of the liver disease, predict the outcomes, and/or m ...[more]