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Reply to the letter by L. Filik regarding “Visceral and subcutaneous fat accumulation and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”

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  1. Department of General Medicine, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan

    Yuichiro Eguchi & Shunzo Koizumi

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Saga, Japan

    Toshihiko Mizuta, Yoichiro Kitajima & Kazuma Fujimoto

  3. Center for Digestive Disease and Liver Disease, Nara City Hospital, Nara, Japan

    Yoshio Sumida

  4. Clinical Gastroenterology, Eguchi Hospital, Mikazuki, Ogi, Saga, Japan

    Yoichiro Kitajima

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Eguchi, Y., Mizuta, T., Sumida, Y. et al. Reply to the letter by L. Filik regarding “Visceral and subcutaneous fat accumulation and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”. J Gastroenterol 46, 419–420 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-010-0363-9

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