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Genetic influences in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2006
Merriman Raphael B, Aouizerat Bradley E, Bass Nathan M
Abstract excerpt
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic liver disease with widely variable phenotypes extending from simple steatosis, through nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Inevitably, this reflects the interplay of well-recognized environmental factors and disease associations such as obesity and insulin resistance with host genetic factors, which are polygenic or...
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