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<journal-id>2524-177X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista médica del Hospital General de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. med. Hosp. Gen. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2524-177X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Médica del Hospital General de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2524-177X2020000300135</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/hgmx.20000088</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by non-invasive methods: present and future perspectives]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vidal-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uribe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Misael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montalvo-Javé]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo E.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nuño-Lámbarri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Natalia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation Translational Research Unit ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de Mexico Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Clinic General Surgery Service]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México School of Medicine Department of Surgery]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>83</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>135</fpage>
<lpage>143</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2524-177X2020000300135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2524-177X2020000300135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2524-177X2020000300135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The difficulties that exist to assess the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) prevalence and diagnosis are due to the absence of signs and symptoms in the early stages, as well as the low sensitivity of liver enzymes to identify the disease and the need to request a liver biopsy as reference standard for diagnosis despite its limitations. Non-invasive methods depend on different approaches, such as imaging techniques, including ultrasound, transient elastography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which can detect simple hepatic steatosis but cannot distinguish non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Furthermore, there are biomarkers that differentiated the spectrum of the disease; these include acute phase proteins, cytokines, apoptosis, and oxidative stress markers. As well as a variety of miRNAs, which are expressed in NAFLD and could be used as blood biomarkers of progressive liver damage.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Biomarkers]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liver damage]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Non-invasive methods]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Steatosis]]></kwd>
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