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Original Article

SAF score and mortality in NAFLD after up to 41 years of follow-up

Hannes HagströmDivision of Hepatology, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Patrik NasrDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;
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Mattias EkstedtDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;
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Stergios KechagiasDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;
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Per StålDivision of Hepatology, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
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Pierre BedossaDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital Beaujon, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Rolf HultcrantzDivision of Hepatology, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
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Pages 87-91 | Received 06 Jul 2016, Accepted 25 Aug 2016, Published online: 10 Sep 2016

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