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Recent advances in understanding and managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
2018-06-11
Abstract excerpt
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a leading cause of chronic liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis, hepatocellular cancer, and end-stage liver disease, and it is linked to elevated cardiovascular- and cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Insulin resistance related to metabolic syndrome is the main pathogenic trigger that, in association with adverse genetic, lifestyle, and other factors, precipitates the...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 09a4f2a7-b300-5083-bfd6-a2346cd0576f
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- 10.12688/f1000research.14421.1
