Role of leptin in progression of alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
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[Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis].
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are the hepatic manifestations of the metabolic syndrome. Since the prevalence of obesity and consequently of the metabolic syndrome is steadily increasing, the different types of NAFLD are nowadays the most common cause of liver injury in North America. The development of NASH and fatty liver cirrhosis occurs af...
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عنوان ژورنال: Juntendo Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-6769,2188-2134
DOI: 10.14789/pjmj.50.9