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SUBMITTER: Berardo C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berardo Clarissa C Di Pasqua Laura Giuseppina LG Cagna Marta M Richelmi Plinio P Vairetti Mariapia M Ferrigno Andrea A
International journal of molecular sciences 20201217 24
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a continuum of liver abnormalities often starting as simple steatosis and to potentially progress into nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Because of its increasing prevalence, NAFLD is becoming a major public health concern, in parallel with a worldwide increase in the recurrence rate of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. It has been estimated that NASH cirrhosis may surpass viral hepatitis C and become ...[more]