Review article: The metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Supplement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Loria, P ^a   Lonardo, A ^b   Carulli, L ^a   Verrone, A M ^a   Ricchi, M ^a   Lombardini, S ^a   Rudilosso, A ^c   Ballestri, S ^a   Carulli, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Modena City Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 27644478378     PISSN: 09530673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02592.x     Document Type: Review

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