Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Selected practical issues in their evaluation and management

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 306-317

  Vuppalanchi, Raj ^a   Chalasani, Naga ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASP 9831; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CP 945598; EXENDIN 4; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; RIMONABANT; ROSIGLITAZONE; SILYMARIN; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRO 19622; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOATING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BIOPSY; BLOOD; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METFORMIN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 58949094415     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22603     Document Type: Review

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