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SUBMITTER: Tanaka N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6337019 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanaka Naoki N Kimura Takefumi T Fujimori Naoyuki N Nagaya Tadanobu T Komatsu Michiharu M Tanaka Eiji E
World journal of gastroenterology 20190101 2
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major chronic liver disease that can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and ultimately death. NAFLD is pathologically classified as non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) based on the existence of ballooned hepatocytes, although the states have been known to transform into each other. Moreover, since the detection of ballooned hepatocytes may be difficult with limited biopsied specimens, its clinical significanc ...[more]