Impact of the new definition of metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease on detection of significant liver fibrosis in US adolescents

Abstract Recently, an expert panel proposed diagnostic criteria for metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in the pediatric population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of MAFLD among US adolescents and to investigate whether the new MAFLD definition is able...

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Main Authors: Stefano Ciardullo, Marco Carbone, Pietro Invernizzi, Gianluca Perseghin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2022-08-01
Series:Hepatology Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1969