Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Proposal for Grading and Staging The Histological Lesions

Abstract

We propose a grading and staging system that reflects the unique histological features of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Keywords

MedicineSteatohepatitisSteatosisFibrosisCirrhosisGrading (engineering)Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePathologyGastroenterologyInternal medicineChronic liver diseaseFatty liverDisease

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Saint Louis University US

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 94
Issue: 9
Pages: 2467-2474
Citations: 3788
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                                    Elizabeth M. Brunt, 
                                
                                    Christine G. Janney, 
                                
                                    Adrian M. Di Bisceglie
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Proposal for Grading and Staging The Histological Lesions. 
                            The American Journal of Gastroenterology
                            , 94
                            (9)
                            , 2467-2474.
                            https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01377.x
                        

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01377.x