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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2010; 16(8): 966-972
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.966
Increased liver stiffness in alcoholic liver disease: Differentiating fibrosis from steatohepatitis
Sebastian Mueller, Gunda Millonig, Lucie Sarovska, Stefanie Friedrich, Frank M Reimann, Maria Pritsch, Silke Eisele, Felix Stickel, Thomas Longerich, Peter Schirmacher, Helmut Karl Seitz
Sebastian Mueller, Gunda Millonig, Lucie Sarovska, Stefanie Friedrich, Frank M Reimann, Helmut Karl Seitz, Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11-33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
Maria Pritsch, Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
Silke Eisele, Felix Stickel, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Thomas Longerich, Peter Schirmacher, Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
Author contributions: Mueller S designed and performed the study and wrote the paper; Seitz HK designed the study; Millonig G, Sarovska L, Friedrich S, Eisele S, Stickel F and Reimann FM performed the study; Pritsch M performed statistical analysis; Longerich T and Schirmacher P performed histological analysis.
Supported by The Dietmar Hopp Foundation and the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation; an Olympia-Morata fellowship of the University of Heidelberg (Millonig G)
Correspondence to: Sebastian Mueller, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11-33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany. sebastian.mueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Telephone: +49-6221-483210 Fax: +49-6221-484494
Received: December 1, 2009
Revised: December 31, 2009
Accepted: January 7, 2010
Published online: February 28, 2010
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