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SUBMITTER: Sookoian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381829 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical and molecular hepatology 20170309 1
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease whose prevalence has reached global epidemic proportions. Although the disease is relatively benign in the early stages, when severe clinical forms, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and even hepatocellular carcinoma, occur, they result in worsening the long-term prognosis. A growing body of evidence indicates that NAFLD develops from a complex process in which many factors, including genetic ...[more]