Unexplained chronic liver disease in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Stian Magnus Staurung OrlienNejib Yusuf IsmaelTekabe Abdosh AhmedNega BerheTrine LauritzenBorghild RoaldRobert David GoldinKathrine Stene-JohansenAnne Margarita Dyrhol-RiiseSvein Gunnar GundersenMarsha Yvonne MorganAsgeir JohannessenPublished in: BMC gastroenterology (2018)
The aetiology of CLD in eastern Ethiopia is largely unexplained. The widespread use of khat in the region, together with histopathological findings indicating toxic liver injury, suggests an association which warrants further investigation.