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The Role of Fructose in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Old Relationship and New Insights.
Nutrients - 16 Apr 2021
Federico Alessandro, Rosato Valerio, Masarone Mario, Torre Pietro, Dallio Marcello, Romeo Mario, Persico Marcello
Abstract excerpt
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents the result of hepatic fat overload not due to alcohol consumption and potentially evolving to advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Fructose is a naturally occurring simple sugar widely used in food industry linked to glucose to form sucrose, largely contained in hypercaloric food and beverages. An increasing amount of evidence in...
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