External Validation of the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Scoring System in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in China
We read with great interest the article by Koo et al1 on a scoring system to determine the risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients based on genetic and clinical factors. Because the study by Koo et al1 included only patients from a single tertiary center, we aimed to validate the scoring system externally (NASH PT score) in our well-characterized, biopsy-proven NAFLD cohort.2,3
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ke Xu, Kenneth I. Zheng, Ming-Hua Zheng Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research