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. 2016 May-Jun;77(3):216-9.
doi: 10.18043/ncm.77.3.216.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Tyler Thrasher  1 , Manal F Abdelmalek  2
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Tyler Thrasher et al. N C Med J. 2016 May-Jun.
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Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome, is the leading cause of chronic liver disease. Treatments target lifestyle modification and improvement of underlying risk factors. Noninvasive biomarkers for diagnosis and staging of NAFLD and safe, cost-effective treatments for patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and/or NASH-related cirrhosis are currently under investigation.

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