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SUBMITTER: Hsu WF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5107852 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hsu Wei-Fan WF Sheen Lee-Yan LY Lin Hung-Jen HJ Chang Hen-Hong HH
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20161031
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a disease of attention because of increase in prevalence from 20% to 41%. The clinical and pathological conditions in patients with NAFLD range from steatosis alone to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without fibrosis to hepatic cancer. In the United States, NAFLD was the second-leading indication for liver transplant between 2004 and 2013. Although imaging studies such as magnetic resonance elastography and the use of diagnostic panels and ...[more]