Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 503-508, July 2010

Hepatic steatosis index: A simple screening tool reflecting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Jeong-Hoon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
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  • Donghee Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2112 5574; fax: +82 2 2112 5635.
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  • Hwa Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • Cancer Center, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
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  • Chang-Hoon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, 39 Boramae Road, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Jong In Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
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  • Won Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, 39 Boramae Road, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-707, Republic of Korea
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  • Yoon Jun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
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  • Jung-Hwan Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
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  • Sang-Heon Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
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  • Myung-Whun Sung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyo-Suk Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea

Received 16 March 2009; accepted 11 August 2009. published online 22 September 2009.

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PII: S1590-8658(09)00336-3

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2009.08.002

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 503-508, July 2010

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