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Nonalcoholic fatty liver in Asia: Firmly entrenched and rapidly gaining ground.

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jan 2011

Chitturi Shivakumar, Wong Vincent Wai-Sun, Farrell Geoff

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming an important chronic liver disorder in Asia. Prevalence figures show regional variations but at least 10% of the general population in Asia have fatty liver. Fatty liver can develop with relatively small changes in weight (2-3 kg), often with i...

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PMID: 21199528
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06548.x

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