Pregnancy and liver health: delivering new collaborations to advance the MASLD and MASH field

Luiza Borges Manna^{1

2}, Caroline Ovadia^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.
² Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Research Institute, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
³ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK. covadia@ed.ac.uk.
⁴ Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. covadia@ed.ac.uk.

Luiza Borges Manna et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;22(8):595.

doi: 10.1038/s41575-025-01094-4.

Luiza Borges Manna^{1

2}, Caroline Ovadia^{3

4}

¹ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.
² Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Research Institute, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
³ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK. covadia@ed.ac.uk.
⁴ Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. covadia@ed.ac.uk.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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