%0 Journal Article %T Noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is the more expensive the better? %A Lonardo, Amedeo %A Marrazzo, Alessandra %A Baldelli, Enrica %A Nascimbeni, Fabio %J AME Medical Journal %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! Noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is the more expensive the better? %K %X Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may be defined as a sexual dimorphic disease (1) featuring excess intrahepatic ectopic triglyceride deposition in patients who are free of competing etiologies of liver disease (2). NAFLD has a close, mutual and bi-directional relationship with metabolic syndrome (MetS), of which it may be either a cause (3) or an effect (4). %U https://amj.amegroups.org/article/view/4170 %V 2 %P %@ 2520-0518