Circulating MicroRNA‐122 and Fibrosis Stage Predict Mortality of Japanese Patients With Histopathologically Confirmed NAFLD

Norio Akuta, Yusuke Kawamura, Yasuji Arase, Satoshi Saitoh, Shunichiro Fujiyama, Hitomi Sezaki, Tetsuya Hosaka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Mariko Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Fumitaka Suzuki, Kenji Ikeda, Hiromitsu Kumada – 5 November 2019 – The impact of circulating microRNA‐122 (miR‐122) on mortality in patients with histopathologically confirmed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains unclear. We analyzed the overall survival rates in 441 Japanese patients with histopathologically confirmed NAFLD after a median follow‐up period of 4.7 years.

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