Serum laminin, type IV collagen and hyaluronan as fibrosis markers in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatic fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with progression of the disease. In the present study, we analyzed the discriminative ability of serum laminin, type IV collagen and hyaluronan levels to predict the presence of fibrosis in these patients. In this prel...

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Main Authors: V.N. dos Santos, M.M.B. Leite-Mór, M. Kondo, J.R. Martins, H. Nader, V.P. Lanzoni, E.R. Parise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000500012