A pilot study of serum microRNAs panel as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

The invasive nature of liver biopsy makes the histopathological diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) difficult and its diagnostic performance unsatisfactory. The present study aimed to identify a serum microRNA (miRNA) expression profile that could serve as a novel diagnostic bioma...

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Main Authors: Youwen Tan, Guohong Ge, Tengli Pan, Danfeng Wen, Jianhe Gan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4139327?pdf=render