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Dr. Paul Angulo

NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) Fibrosis Score

platelets

Estimates amount of scarring in the liver based on several laboratory tests.

Estimates amount of liver scarring.

NAFLD Fibrosis Score

Graham Walker, MD, is an emergency physician practicing in San Francisco, California. Dr. Walker attended medical school at the Stanford University School of Medicine and then trained in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, where he was Chief Resident. He returned to the west coast as a Medical Simulation fellow and attending in Stanford’s emergency department. More relevant, of course, is that Dr. Walker is the creator and developer of MDCalc and remains active in content and calculator development, along with our many other endeavors as President of MD Aware, LLC (MDCalc’s parent company).

Graham Walker, MD

The NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) Fibrosis Score estimates amount of scarring in the liver based on several laboratory tests.

Alanine Aminotransferase

Albumin

Body Mass Index

Aspartate Aminotransferase

Platelet Count

FIB-4 Index

PELD Score

APRI

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