title: Necessity for timely noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: stergios@endo.gr.
authors.forename: Stergios A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Polyzos
authors.affiliation: Boston VA Healthcare system and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Christos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mantzoros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed