One not like the other: The weakness of the blood sugar-MAFLD analogy

Yasser M Fouad¹, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez², Ming-Hua Zheng³

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¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt. Electronic address: yasserfouad10@yahoo.com.
² Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
³ MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; Institute of Hepatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; The Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for the Development of Chronic Liver Disease in Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou, China. Electronic address: zhengmh@wmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 34678406
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.10.010

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One not like the other: The weakness of the blood sugar-MAFLD analogy

Yasser M Fouad et al. J Hepatol. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;76(2):482-484.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.10.010. Epub 2021 Oct 20.

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Yasser M Fouad¹, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez², Ming-Hua Zheng³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt. Electronic address: yasserfouad10@yahoo.com.
² Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: nmendez@medicasur.org.mx.
³ MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; Institute of Hepatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; The Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for the Development of Chronic Liver Disease in Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou, China. Electronic address: zhengmh@wmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 34678406
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.10.010

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Conflict of interest The authors declare no competing interests or any conflict of interest. Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.

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Reply to: Correspondence on "The Chinese Society of Hepatology position statement on the redefinition of fatty liver disease".
Xu X, Nan Y. Xu X, et al. J Hepatol. 2022 Feb;76(2):484-485. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.11.003. Epub 2021 Nov 11. J Hepatol. 2022. PMID: 34774637 No abstract available.

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The Chinese Society of Hepatology position statement on the redefinition of fatty liver disease.
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease is associated with increased all-cause mortality in the United States.
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