Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 143-146 , February 2011

Relationship between portal chronic inflammation and disease severity in paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Anna Alisi

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Giorgio Bedogni

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Liver Research Center, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
    • Department of Maternal and Pediatric Sciences, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Rita De Vito

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pathology, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Donatella Comparcola

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Melania Manco

      Affiliations

    • Scientific Directorate, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Valerio Nobili

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Liver Unit, Pediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, Via S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 68 59 22 43; fax: +39 06 68 59 21 92.

Received 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.05.007

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 143-146 , February 2011

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