Elafibranor for the treatment of NAFLD: One pill, two molecular targets and multiple effects in a complex phenotype.

Ann Hepatol

Department of Molecular Genetics and Biology of Complex Diseases, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published: July 2017

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