The use of ultrasound in clinical setting for children affected by NAFLD: is it safe and accurate?

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become over the last decade the most common form of chronic liver disease in children and adults. Thus, establishing the diagnosis of NAFLD is of utmost importance and represents a major challenge as the disease is generally silent and the current gold s...

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Main Authors: Nobili, Valerio, Corte, Claudia Della, Monti, Lidia, Alisi, Anna, Feldstein, Ariel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161934/