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High False-Negative Rate for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Extreme Obesity

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Glenn S. Gerhard, Christopher D. Still, Johanna K. DiStefano

The article by Lassailly et al1 reported on 1540 patients who had undergone a bariatric surgery procedure that included 1489 cases in whom intraoperative liver biopsies were obtained. Surprisingly, histologic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was di… Continue reading →

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High False-Negative Rate for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Extreme Obesity

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Glenn S. Gerhard, Christopher D. Still, Johanna K. DiStefano

The article by Lassailly et al1 reported on 1540 patients who had undergone a bariatric surgery procedure that included 1489 cases in whom intraoperative liver biopsies were obtained. Surprisingly, histologic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was di… Continue reading →

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