Translational Research
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 194-201 , October 2009

Serum levels of hyaluronic acid and tissue metalloproteinase inhibitor-1 combined with age predict the presence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in a pilot cohort of subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Luca Miele

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Alessandra Forgione

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Giuseppe La Torre

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Public Health (Biostatistics Unit), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Vittoria Vero

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Consuelo Cefalo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Simona Racco

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Valerio G. Vellone

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Fabio M. Vecchio

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Giovanni Gasbarrini

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Gian Lodovico Rapaccini

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Manuela G. Neuman

      Affiliations

    • In Vitro Drug Safety and Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Antonio Grieco

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Antonio Grieco, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Agostino Gemelli University Hospital, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, 8 Largo Agostino Gemelli - 00168 Rome, Italy

Received 15 January 2009 ,Revised 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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 Supported by Grant Cofin Miur-Università Cattolica “Giovani Ricercatori 2002” (to L.M.) and by Grant Miur-Università Cattolica Linea D.1. 2004 (to A.G.).

PII: S1931-5244(09)00183-2

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.06.007

Translational Research
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 194-201 , October 2009

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