The global NAFLD epidemic

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 686-690

  Loomba, Rohit ^a   Sanyal, Arun J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; TAMOXIFEN;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMICS; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84887320114     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2013.171     Document Type: Review

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