High Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis Among European Adults With Unknown Liver Disease: A Population-Based Study

Caballería, Llorenç; Pera, Guillem; Arteaga, Íngrid; Rodríguez, Lluís; Alumà, Alba; Ma Morillas, Rosa; de la Ossa, Napoleón; Díaz, Alba; Barranco Expósito, Carmen; Miranda, Dolores; Sánchez, Carmen; Ma Prats, Rosa; Urquizu, Marta; Salgado, Angels; Alemany, Magda; Martínez-Escudé, Alba; Majeed, Irfan; Fabrellas, Núria; Graupera, Isabel; Planas, Ramón; Ojanguren, Isabel; Serra‐Burriel, Miquel; Torán‐Monserrat, Pere; Caballería, Juan; Ginès, Pere

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2017.12.048

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High Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis Among European Adults With Unknown Liver Disease: A Population-Based Study

Published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology • Feb 13, 2018

Authors:

Llorenç Caballería

Guillem Pera

Íngrid Arteaga

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Liver fibrosis is the main determinant of long-term outcome in chronic liver diseases. Little is known about the prevalence of liver fibrosis in the general population. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of liver fibrosis in the general adult population with un...

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Medicine

Transient elastography

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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