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Noninvasive, Quantitative Assessment of Liver Fat by MRI-PDFF as an Endpoint in NASH Trials.

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In this paper, the authors discuss the role and utility of MRI-PDFF as a quantitative and noninvasive imaging-based biomarker in early-phase NASH trials, including potential sample size reduction.
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This article is published in Hepatology.The article was published on 2018-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 266 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fatty liver & Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

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A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement.

TL;DR: A panel of international experts from 22 countries propose a new definition of metabolic-dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease that is both comprehensive yet simple for the diagnosis of MAFLD and is independent of other liver diseases.
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Disease in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

TL;DR: The current state of the noninvasive assessment of liver disease in NAFLD is summarized, and an expert synthesis of how these nonin invasive tools could be utilized in clinical practice is provided.
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

TL;DR: In this paper, a global prevalence of 25% and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and the leading causes of death in people with NAFLD are cardiovascular disease and extrahepatic malignancy.
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis – 2021 update

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide the latest update to the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the use of non-invasive tests for the evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis.
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Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

TL;DR: As the global epidemic of obesity fuels metabolic conditions, the clinical and economic burden of NAFLD will become enormous, and random‐effects models were used to provide point estimates of prevalence, incidence, mortality and incidence rate ratios.
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Sampling variability of liver biopsy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

TL;DR: Histologic lesions of NASH are unevenly distributed throughout the liver parenchyma; therefore, sampling error of liver biopsy can result in substantial misdiagnosis and staging inaccuracies.
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