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Original Article

Smoking is associated with severity of liver fibrosis but not with histological severity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Results from a cross-sectional study

Isabelle D MunstermanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark M SmitsDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ;Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
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Rene AndriessenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;
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Carin M J van NieuwkerkDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
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Elisabeth BloemenaDepartment of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Chris J J MulderDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
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Eric T T L TjwaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;
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Erwin J M van GeenenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;
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Pages 881-885 | Received 10 Feb 2017, Accepted 28 Mar 2017, Published online: 27 Apr 2017

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