Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A toxic liver disease in industrial workers

Liver

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-304

  Cotrim, Helma P ^a,c   Andrade, Zilton A ^b   Parana, Raimundo ^a   Portugal, Marcelo ^a   Lyra, Luiz G ^a   Freitas, Luiz A R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental hepatotoxins; Hepatotoxicity; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Toxic liver injury

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LIPID; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032788252     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.1999.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. TAMBURRO C H. Chemical hepatitis. Pathogenesis, detection and management. Med Clin North Am 1979; 63: 545-66.
2. POPPER H, GEBBER M A, SHAFFNER F, SELIKOFF I J. Environmental hepatic injury in man. In: Popper H, Schaffner F, eds. Progress in liver diseases. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1979; 6: 605-38.
3. ZIMMERMAN J H. Hepatotoxicity. Dis Mon 1993; 39: 673-788.
4. FARRELL G C. Liver disease due to environmental toxins in liver disease. In: Farrell GC, ed. Drug-induced liver disease. Edinburgh London: Churchill Livingstone, 1994; 511-5.
5. NEUSCHWANDER-TETRI B A, BACON B B. Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Med Clin North Am 1996; 80: 1147-66.
6. BACON B R, FARAHVASH M J, JANNEY C G, NEUSCHWANDER-TETRI B A. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: an expanded clinical entity. Gastroenterology 1994; 107: 1103-9.
7. LEE R G. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. A study of 49 patients. Hum Pathol 1989; 20: 594-8.
8. POWELL E E, COOKSLEY W G E, HANSON R, SEARLE J, HALLIDAY J W, POWELL L W. The natural history of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a follow-up study of forty-two patients for up to 21 years. Hepatology 1990; 11: 74-80.
9. DIEHL A N, GOODMAN Z, ISHAK K G. Alcohollike liver disease in nonalcoholics. Gastroenterology 1988; 95: 1056-62.
10. LUDWIG J, YIGGIANO T R, MCGILL D B, OTT B J. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Mayo clinic experiences with a hitherto unnamed disease. Mayo Clin Proc 1980; 55: 434-8.
11. DOSSING M, RANEK L. Isolated liver damage in chemical workers. Br J Ind Med 1984; 41: 142-4.
12. MITCHELL J W. Screening for hepatic damage. J Occup Med 1987; 31: 266-7.
13. WRIGHT C, RIVERA J C, BAETZ J H. Liver function testing in a working population: three strategies to reduce false positive results. J Occup Med 1988; 30: 693-7.
14. TAMBURRO C H, LISS G M. Tests for hepatotoxicity: usefulness in screening workers. J Occup Med 1986; 28: 1034-44.
15. ITOH S, YOUNGEL T, KAWAGOE K. Comparison between nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and alcoholic hepatitis. Am J Gastroenterol 1987; 8: 650-7.
16. PHILLIPS M J, POUCELL S, PATTERSON J, VALENCIA P. Drugs and toxic effects. In: PHILLIPS M J, POUCELL S, PATTERSON J, VALENCIA P, eds. The Liver. An atlas and text of ultrastructural pathology. New York: Raven Press, 1987: 159-71.
17. DAY C P, JAMES O F W. Steatohepatitis - a tale of two "hits"? Gastroenterology 1998; 114: 842-5.