purpose: the aim of this study was to compare biochemical tests, body composition and anthropometric parameters in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) patients before and after ramadan fasting. methods: fifty nafld patients including 33 males and 17 females aged 18-65 year, were recruited. subjects attended after diagnosis based on  ultrasound imaging, with at least 10 hour fasting, before...

background: there is no convenient cheap pragmatic experimental model for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld)/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (nash). we aimed to create a pragmatic model of nafld/nash. methods: sprague-dawley rats were fed a high-fat, high sugar homemade diet ad libitum for seven weeks. the high-fat, high sugar diet included 59% of energy derived from fat, 30% from carbohydra...

background: a hypothesis has been presented about the role of serum iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) and resistance to insulin (metabolic syndrome [mets]), but there is much controversy. this study aimed at investigating the level of serum iron and demographic characteristics in patients with nafld with or without mets. meth...

castleman's disease is an uncommon cause of lymph node enlargement that mostly involves the mediastinum and lung hilum. it is divided into 2 types: localized, which is usually asymptomatic and presents with a mass lesion; and multicentric, which is characterized by chills, anemia, generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. an extrathoracic site of involvement is very uncommon, and may ...

background: the purpose of this study was to explore any gender-related differences in prevalence of and condition-associ­ated factors related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) amongst police population in taipei, taiwan. methods: we studied a total of 1016 healthy adults with police work (972 males and 44 females) voluntarily admitted to physical check-up between january 2006 and de...

background: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is increasingly a common disease which is created by the accumulation of fat in the liver. about 20% of adults and 5% of children suffer from this disease. in some studies, half of obese children had fatty liver disease and approximately 90% of the patients with fatty liver were obese. the aim of this study was to evaluate fatty liver diseas...

at present, liver transplantation remains the only curative option for the patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver diseases. the survival rate and recurrent diseases remain the major issues in the patient post-transplantation. unani medicine is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine which has been treating chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis (talayyaful-kabid) for centuries. the...