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Hepatic inflammation: an important target for biomarker development in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Hiba Khan1, Mohammad Shadab Siddiqui2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition
|June 23, 2023
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