Obesity and fatty liver are 'grease' for the machinery of hepatic fibrosis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-383

  Bosserhoff, Anja ^a   Hellerbrand, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic steatosis; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY;

EID: 80052511904     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329800     Document Type: Article

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