Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 772-775, September 2009

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Liver Fat Score and Fat Equation to Predict and Quantitate Hepatic Steatosis: Promising But Not Prime Time!

  • Naga Chalasani

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Naga Chalasani, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, RG 4100; 1050 Wishard Boulevard, Indiana, Indiana 46202. phone: (317) 278-0414; fax (317) 278-1949

published online 27 July 2009.

No abstract is available. To read the body of this article, please view the Full Text online.

 

 Conflicts of interest The author discloses the following: Dr Chalasani served within the past 12 months as a paid consultant to KariBio, Metabasis, Atherogenics, Advanced Life Sciences, Johnson and Johnson, Debiovision, Eli Lilly, and Amylin. Within the past 12 months, he has participated in clinical studies with Gilead and Monarch LifeSciences.

 Funding Supported in part by K24 DK 069290.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01188-3

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.032

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Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 772-775, September 2009