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Comment
. 2004 Jul;53(7):923-4.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.037309.

Fatty liver, hypertension, and the metabolic syndrome

A M Diehl  1
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Comment

Fatty liver, hypertension, and the metabolic syndrome

A M Diehl. Gut. 2004 Jul.

Abstract

The prevalence of fatty liver in non-obese non-diabetic hypertensive patients is at least twice that of the general population and may be related to increases in insulin resistance and body weight.

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