background nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is one of the most common reasons of enzyme increase in liver. in about 10 percent of patients with nafld, the disease progresses toward non alcoholic steatohepatitis (nash) and about one third of them may progress toward cirrhosis, liver dysfunction, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. objectives according to high prevalence of nafld and the f...

conclusions our results showed for the first time that lyplal1 gene is not associated with a risk of nafld development in the chinese han population. the variant carriers of overall subjects significantly increased weight, bmi and ldl. patients and methods lyplal1 rs12137855 gene was genotyped in 184 patients with nafld and 114 healthy controls using sequencing and polymerase chain reaction ana...

background: transient elastography (te) is a new modality for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis caused by various etiologies. this study was conducted to determine the accuracy of te in detecting the different stages of liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) patients. methods: medline/pubmed, embase, ovid, cochrane library, american college of physicians (acp) journal club, g...

objective: to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in type 2 diabetic patients and to assess its possible risk factors. materials and methods: two hundred and seventy two (186 females and 86 males) diabetic patients were studied. liver ultrasound was performed along with the measurement of such labratoary tests as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, al...

fatty liver disease (fld) is the most prevalent form of liver disease worldwide. overnutrition can induce nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), a spectrum of conditions ranging from simple steatosis [or nonalcoholic fatty liver (nafl)] to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. some of the epidemiological and pathological studies have also suggested an association between the presence o...

Background: The world is now in the process of passing on health to non-diseases chronic, like non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) is a major cause of changes in the lifestyle of people. This study aims to evaluate the effects of lifestyle on fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: For this critical review, we identified articles by searching original studies and review articles published in peer ...

patients’ perception of fatty liver disease: a phenomenological study h habibzadeh , msc f alhani, phd m anusheh , phd hr omrani , bsc received: 16 july, 2009 accepted: 25 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: paying attention to symptoms and subjective experiences perceived by the patients of various diseases is a valid approach to medical or nursing diagnosis. considering the experiences of i...