Pathogenesis and management issues for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 4539-4550

  Duvnjak, Marko ^a   Lerotić, Ivan ^a   Baršić, Neven ^a   Tomašić, Vedran ^a   Jukić, Lucija Virović ^a   Velagić, Vedran ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Liver fibrosis; Metabolic syndrome; NAFLD treatment; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BETAINE; CLOFIBRATE; CYTOKINE; DIETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID; GEMFIBROZIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ANAMNESIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MONOTHERAPY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34648820054     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i34.4539     Document Type: Editorial

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