The validity of serum autotaxin as a predictor of hepatic fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

• Main Authors: Muhammad Abdel-Gawad (Author), Hamdiy Mahfouz (Author), Mona Abdelmeguid (Author), Gehad M.A.-A. Hassan (Author), Marwa Khalaf (Author), Hani S Aboalam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aim Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) involves a spectrum of liver disorders, ranging from benign steatosis to nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis to fibrosis and cirrhosis. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic validity of using s.autotaxin (ATX) as a noninvasive bio-marker of...