Iron and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Iron and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
The mechanisms that promote liver injury in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are yet to be thoroughly elucidated. As such, effective treatment strategies are lacking and novel therapeutic targets are required. Iron has been widely implicated in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and represents a potential target for treatment. Relationships between serum ferritin concentration and NAFLD are not...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i36.8112