Methods to improve the noninvasive diagnosis and assessment of disease severity in children with suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): Study design

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is strongly associated with obesity and is the most common liver disease in the developed world. In children with suspected NAFLD, present guidelines suggest consideration of alternative diagnoses via extensive blood testing, though the yield of this work up is unknown. Furthermore, the gold standard diagnostic test for NAFLD remains liver biopsy, making the development of non-invasive tests critically important.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - October 26, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Bryan Rudolph, Nicole Bjorklund, Nadia Ovchinsky, Debora Kogan-Liberman, Adriana Perez, Mark Liszewski, Terry Levin, Michelle Ewart, Qiang Liu, Xiaonan Xue, Shankar Viswanathan, Howard D. Strickler Source Type: research