The impact of genetic risk on liver fibrosis in non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease as assessed by magnetic resonance elastography

Abstract

Variants in multiple genetic loci modify the risk of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cirrhosis but there are limited data on the quantitative impact of variant copies on liver fibrosis.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 11, 2021
Source ID
10.1111/apt.16392

Entities

People

  • Amy Liu
  • Debanjan Dhar
  • Lisa Richards
  • Ricki Bettencourt
  • Rohit Loomba
  • Veeral H Ajmera

Organizations

  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • National Institutes of Health
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California, San Diego

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Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology