Children's and caregivers' experiences, information needs, and willingness to change lifestyle in metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease care: A multicenter study across Europe
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Authors
- Sander Lefere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-3467)
- Anita Vreugdenhil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1499-5937)
- Wojciech Jańczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6430-0788)
- Eberhard Lurz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-7388)
- María Mercadal‐Hally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-6448)
- Hadar Moran‐Lev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5177-9478)
- Claudia Mandato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2425-5449)
- Antonella Mosca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-7462)
- Corina Pienar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7463-1401)
- Çiğdem Arıkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-2741)
- Anastasia Konidari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-1353)
- Ruth De Bruyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5623-3300)
- Jernej Brecelj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-8325)
- Bart G.P. Koot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-3084)
- Christian Hudert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3642-0838)
- N.Yu. Zavhorodnia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-1351)
- Marc A. Benninga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-9188)
- Guusje H. J. van Giesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0141-3232)
- Maarten Buytaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-5009)
- Anne-Sophie R Stroes
- Steatotic Liver Disease Special Interest Group of ESPGHAN
Institutions
- University of Salerno (IT)
- Koç University (TR)
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ljubljana University Medical Centre (SI)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (RO)
- Children's Memorial Health Institute (PL)
- Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IT)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Institute of Gastroenterology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (UA)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital (GR)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jpn3.70587
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00