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Familial clustering of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in first-degree relatives of adults with lean nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Dec 2023
Niltwat Sorachat, Limwongse Chanin, Charatcharoenwitthaya Natthinee, Bunditvorapoom Duangkamon, Bandidniyamanon Wimolrak, Charatcharoenwitthaya Phunchai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The heritability of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in lean individuals is undetermined. This familial aggregation study aimed to evaluate familial linkage for NAFLD and the risk of NAFLD among first-degree relatives of probands with lean NAFLD. METHODS: This study prospectively recruited cohorts of probands with lean NAFLD, probands with obese NAFLD, and lean probands with non-NAFLD...
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