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MAFLD: perceived stigma—a single-center Mexican patient survey

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 4510, Mexico City, Mexico

    Nahum Méndez-Sánchez & Shreya C. Pal

  2. Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150. Col. Toriello Guerra Tlalpan, 14050, Mexico City, Mexico

    Nahum Méndez-Sánchez & Shreya C. Pal

  3. Gastroenterology Department and Liver Unit, Hospital Alejandro Posadas, El Palomar, Argentina

    Eduardo Fassio

  4. Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins-Essalud, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

    Javier Díaz-Ferrer

  5. Sociedad Boliviana de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Digestiva, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

    Jorge Alberto Prado-Robles

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NM-S: conceptualization, manuscript design, data collection, critical revision, supervision; SCP: manuscript writing, analysis and critical revision. EF: data collection, JDF: data collection, JAPR: data collection.

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Méndez-Sánchez, N., Pal, S.C., Fassio, E. et al. MAFLD: perceived stigma—a single-center Mexican patient survey. Hepatol Int 17, 507–508 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-022-10448-y

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