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Emerging Molecular Targets for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
8 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by hepatic fat accumulation in the absence of significant ethanol consumption, viral infection, or other specific causes of liver disease. Currently the most common chronic liver disease, affecting 30% of the Western world, NAFLD may progress to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease and may increase the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular...
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