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September 5, 2014BMC MedicineOpen Access

Non-invasive score identifies ultrasonography-diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and predicts mortality in the USA

Ching‐Lung Cheung Karen SL Lam Ian Chi Kei Wong Bernard MY Cheung

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Abstract

LFS is the best non-invasive prediction score for NAFLD, and people with a high LFS score have an increased risk for cardiovascular and liver-related mortality.

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Cheung et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56eee75589c71d767d7c5 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0154-x

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