Higher levels of serum uric acid influences hepatic damage in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Conrado M Fernández RodríguezRocio AllerMaría Luisa Gutiérrez GarcíaJavier AmpueroJudith Gómez-CamareroRosa M ª Martín-MateosDiego Burgos-SantamaríaJosé Miguel RosalesPatricia AspichuetaXabier BuqueMercedes LatorreRaúl J AndradeManuel Hernández-GuerraManuel Romero-GómezPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2020)
higher levels of serum uric acid were independently associated with hepatocellular steatosis and NASH in a cohort of patients with NAFLD. Serum uric acid levels warrants further evaluation as a component of the current non-invasive NAFLD scores of histopathological damage.