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SUBMITTER: Sayiner M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6243399 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sayiner Mehmet M Lam Brian B Golabi Pegah P Younossi Zobair M ZM
Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology 20181115
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common type of chronic liver disease worldwide. From the spectrum of NAFLD, it is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) that predominantly predisposes patients to higher risk for development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. There is growing evidence that the risk of progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma is not uniform among all patients with NASH. In fact, NASH patients with increasing numbers of metabo ...[more]