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SUBMITTER: Ministrini S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ministrini Stefano S Calzini Lucia L Nulli Migliola Elisa E Ricci Maria Anastasia MA Roscini Anna Rita AR Siepi Donatella D Tozzi Giulia G Daviddi Giulia G Martorelli Eva-Edvige EE Paganelli Maria Teresa MT Lupattelli Graziana G
Journal of clinical medicine 20190507 5
A very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD) is an emerging technique to induce a significant, well-tolerated, and rapid loss of body weight in morbidly obese patients. The low activity of lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) could be involved in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is a common feature in morbidly obese patients. Fifty-two obese patients suitable for a bariatric surgery intervention underwent a 25-day-long VLCKD. The biochemical markers of glucose and li ...[more]