Correlation of paired liver biopsies in morbidly obese... : Hepatology (original) (raw)

Liver Failure and Liver Disease

Correlation of paired liver biopsies in morbidly obese patients with suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease†

Merriman, Raphael B.*,1,‡; Ferrell, Linda D.2; Patti, Marco G.3; Weston, Shiobhan R.1; Pabst, Mark S.1; Aouizerat, Bradley E.4; Bass, Nathan M.1

1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

3Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

4Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S‐357, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143‐0538===

Received February 03, 2006

Accepted July 23, 2006