Keywords: Fatty Liver, Medicine, Nafld, Personalized, Systems Medicine,
Affiliations: *** IBB - CNR ***
Section of Gastroenterology, Di.Bi.M.I.S Policlinico Paolo Giaccone Hospital, University of Palermo, Italy
Internal Medicine, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Hospital, Italy
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital of Verona, Department of Medicine, Italy
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, Department of Gastroenterology, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Fondazione Italiana Fegato, Bassovizza, Trieste, Italy
General Medicine 2, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
Hepato-Gastroenterology, 2nd University of Naples, Italy
Outpatient Liver Clinic and Internal Medicine NOCSAE, USL Modena, Italy
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
Metabolic Liver Diseases Research Unit, IRCCS Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
Pavullo Hospital, Modena, Italy
Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Metabolic Medicine, NOCSAE, Baggiovara, Modena, Italy
General Medicine 1, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
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