Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - Correlation with histology and viral hepatitis

Akyol G., ERDEM O. A., Yilmaz G.

SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.26, sa.12, ss.1904-1910, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Dergi Adı: SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1904-1910
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) involves a heterogeneous group of diseases that places some patients at risk of progression to cirrhosis. In this study, our aim was to investigate the relationships between the histopathological features of NAFLD, hepatic stellate cell activation, and capillarization to find a marker related to fibrosis, for NAFLD.