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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2018
Affiliation
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA. idilarsik@gatech.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1760 Haygood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. jfredia@emory.edu.; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA. dfrezza3@gmail.com.; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA. wchen424@gatech.edu.; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA. ayer@isye.gatech.edu.; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA. pinar@isye.gatech.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1760 Haygood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. jinr@usc.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1760 Haygood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. junakonomi@emory.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. sarah.barlow@utsouthwestern.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. stavra.xanthakos@cchmc.org.; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032, USA. jl3553@columbia.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1760 Haygood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. mvos@emory.edu.
Authors
Arsik Idil, Frediani Jennifer K, Frezza Damon, Chen Wen, Ayer Turgay, Keskinocak Pinar, Jin Ran, Konomi Juna V, Barlow Sarah E, Xanthakos Stavra A, Lavine Joel E, Vos Miriam B
Studies

Abstract

Validated noninvasive biomarkers to assess treatment response in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are lacking. We aimed to validate alanine aminotransferase (ALT), a monitoring biomarker for change in liver histology.