NAFLD: Is There Anything New under the Sun?

Published in: International journal of molecular sciences (2017)

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an "umbrella" definition that encompasses a spectrum of histological liver changes ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with/without fibrosis, "cryptogenic" cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), occurring in a dysmetabolic milieu, though in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption and other competing etiologies of chronic liver disease [1].[...].

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
liver fibrosis
insulin resistance
high fat diet
weight gain
high fat diet induced
meta analyses
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
body mass index
skeletal muscle
drug induced