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Insights from Genome-Wide Association Analyses of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Nov 2015
Kahali Bratati, Halligan Brian, Speliotes Elizabeth K
Abstract excerpt
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is caused by hepatic steatosis, which can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease will become the number one cause of liver disease worldwide by 2020. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is correlated albeit imperfectly with obesity and other...
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