Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Second Leading Etiology of Liver Disease Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States

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Liver transplantationMedicineInternal medicineLiver diseaseNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseSteatohepatitisOdds ratioHepatitis CAlcoholic liver diseaseModel for End-Stage Liver DiseaseGastroenterologyTransplantationFatty liverDiseaseCirrhosis

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Year: 2014
Type: letter
Volume: 148
Issue: 3
Pages: 547-555
Citations: 1780
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                                    Robert J. Wong, 
                                
                                    María Aguilar, 
                                
                                    Ramsey Cheung
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2014). 
                            Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Second Leading Etiology of Liver Disease Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States. 
                            Gastroenterology
                            , 148
                            (3)
                            , 547-555.
                            https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2014.11.039
                        

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DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.11.039