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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma: lessons from hepatocyte-specific phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-deficient mice.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jun 2007
Watanabe Sumio, Horie Yasuo, Kataoka Ei, Sato Wataru, Dohmen Takahiro, Ohshima Shigetoshi, Goto Takashi, Suzuki Akira
Abstract excerpt
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a term used to describe a spectrum of conditions characterized by histological findings of hepatic macrovesicular steatosis with inflammation in individuals who consume little or no alcohol. The NASH patients progress to liver cirrhosis and even hepatocellu...
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