Journal of Hepatology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 132-138 , January 2005

The histological course of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a longitudinal study of 103 patients with sequential liver biopsies

  • Leon A. Adams

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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  • Schuyler Sanderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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  • Keith D. Lindor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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  • Paul Angulo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1 507 266 4531.

Received 19 July 2004 ,Revised 16 September 2004 ,Accepted 21 September 2004.

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    Histological features at initial and final biopsy. There was a significant improvement in severity of steatosis, ballooning, Mallory's hyaline and inflammation between first (dark bars) and last (clea

    Histological features at initial and final biopsy. There was a significant improvement in severity of steatosis, ballooning, Mallory's hyaline and inflammation between first (dark bars) and last (clear bars) liver biopsies (P<0.05 for all comparisons).

 ☆Presented in part during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA 2003, USA.

PII: S0168-8278(04)00435-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.09.012

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 132-138 , January 2005

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