Genes or environment to determine alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background & Objective: Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and increases the risk of mortality. Understanding the trends of its clinical and biochemical changes is essential to identify patients with NAFLD that are at the greatest risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis in Iran. M...
متن کاملNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes a range of conditions caused by a build-up of fat within liver cells. It is very common and in many cases is linked to being obese or overweight. Most people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease do not develop serious liver problems. In some people, the build-up of fat in the liver can lead to serious liver disease. However, all people with non-alco...
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Results: The term “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease” covers cases of a wide spectrum of severity, ranging from bland fatty liver without any inflammation and with little or no tendency to progress all the way to non-alcoholic steato hepatitis (NASH) with inflammatory reactions and hepatocyte damage, with or without fibrosis. Some 5% to 20% of patients with NAFLD develop NASH, which undergoes a...
متن کاملNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes a range of conditions caused by a build-up of fat within liver cells. It is very common and in many cases is linked to being obese or overweight. Most people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease do not develop serious liver problems. In some people, the build-up of fat in the liver can lead to serious liver disease. However, all people with non-alco...
متن کاملNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease
are also associated with a greater risk of NAFLD and NASH at any given body mass index, and preliminary evidence suggests greater liver fat content in certain ethnicities that are also known to be at increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Preliminary evidence suggests a genetic predisposition to hepatic accumulation of fat in some people through the PNP3A gene. Such people may not necessarily displ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Liver International
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1478-3223,1478-3231
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2006.01323.x