Precipitous changes in nomenclature and definitions-NAFLD becomes SLD: Implications for and expectations of AASLD journals

Harmeet Malhi¹, Robert S Brown Jr², Joseph K Lim³, Nancy Reau⁴, Elliot B Tapper⁵, Carmen Chak-Lui Wong^{6

7}, Gregory J Gores¹

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¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
³ Yale Viral Hepatitis Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Section of Hepatology, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 37941421
DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000619

Precipitous changes in nomenclature and definitions-NAFLD becomes SLD: Implications for and expectations of AASLD journals

Harmeet Malhi et al. Hepatology. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 1;78(6):1680-1681.

doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000619. Epub 2023 Nov 9.

Authors

Harmeet Malhi¹, Robert S Brown Jr², Joseph K Lim³, Nancy Reau⁴, Elliot B Tapper⁵, Carmen Chak-Lui Wong^{6

7}, Gregory J Gores¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
³ Yale Viral Hepatitis Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Section of Hepatology, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 37941421
DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000619

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