Usefulness of an index score as a predictor of hepatic fibrosis in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery Utilidad de un índice de puntuación como predictor de fibrosis hepática en pacientes obesos sometidos a cirugía bariátrica
Objective: to evaluate the usefulness of a non-invasive clinical score to predict liver fibrosis in the steatosis associated with morbid obesity. Patients and methods: we included 88 patients, who underwent bariatric surgery in the Sanitary Area of León, Spain, and who showed a liver biopsy with ste...
Main Authors: | R. Díez Rodríguez, M. D. Ballesteros Pomar, A. Calleja Fernández, T. Gónzalez de Francisco, J. L. Olcoz Goñi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Aran Ediciones
2009-08-01
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Series: | Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas |
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Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082009000800002 |
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