The Asia Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA) position statement on the MAFLD definition of fatty liver disease

Iqbal A Memon^{1

2

3

4

5}, Arit Parkash⁶, Kamran Sadiq^{7

8}, Naglaa M Kamal^{9

10

11}, Mortada H F El-Shabrawi^{9

12}

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA.
² Asia Pacific Pediatric Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Asian Pan Pacific Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (APPSPGHAN), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Asian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ASPID).
⁵ Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁶ Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁹ Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
¹⁰ University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
¹¹ Alhada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
¹² International Society of tropical pediatrics (ISTP).

Iqbal A Memon et al. Ther Adv Chronic Dis. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 4:14:20406223231164523.

doi: 10.1177/20406223231164523. eCollection 2023.

Iqbal A Memon^{1

2

3

4

5}, Arit Parkash⁶, Kamran Sadiq^{7

8}, Naglaa M Kamal^{9

10

11}, Mortada H F El-Shabrawi^{9

12}

¹ University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA.
² Asia Pacific Pediatric Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Asian Pan Pacific Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (APPSPGHAN), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Asian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ASPID).
⁵ Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁶ Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁹ Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
¹⁰ University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
¹¹ Alhada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
¹² International Society of tropical pediatrics (ISTP).

No abstract available

Keywords: APPA; Fatty liver disease; MAFLD; NAFLD; children.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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