Response to the letter by Sumida et al. regarding our manuscript "Evaluation of ballooned hepatocytes as a risk factor for future progression of fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease"
J Gastroenterol. 2019 May;54(5):476-477.
doi: 10.1007/s00535-019-01574-w.
Epub 2019 Mar 26.
1 Division of Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, 0208505, Japan. keikaki@iwate-med.ac.jp.
2 Division of Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, 0208505, Japan.
3 Department of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.