background nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has become a worldwide challenge. liver biopsy remains the single most reliable approach to determine the severity of this disease. as patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease require close follow-up, performing this invasive method repeatedly seems impractical; therefore, designing a noninvasive system to follow up patients has become a common ...

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common public health problem. Visfatin is secreted by visceral adipose tissue and is an adipocytokine. It could be a pro-inflammatory adipocytokine and is related to the metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This study evaluated the association between visfatin levels in patients w...

Mitochondrial fatty acid -oxidation disorders are relatively common causes of acute metabolic crises and sudden death in infants. Most of these disorders can be treated effectively, provided, fasting is avoided and there is an early start of a high-carbohydrate low-fat diet therapy. Two disorders, long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) and complete mitochondrial trifunctional protei...

Diet during pregnancy and lactation influences the offspring's health in the long-term. Indeed, human epidemiological studies and animal experiments suggest that different type of fatty acids consumption during pregnancy affect offspring development and susceptibility to metabolic disorders. Epigenetic changes are thought to be elicited by dietary factors during critical timing of development. ...

Introduction Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare but potentially fatal condition occurring in the third trimester or early postpartum period. It is characterized by microvesicular fatty infiltration of the liver. Clinically, the three most prominent derangements in women with AFLP are hepatic dysfunction, renal insufficiency, and impaired coagulation. AFLP is associated with an incr...