Clinical epidemiology and disease burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 47, 2017, Pages 8263-8276

  Perumpail, Brandon J ^a   Khan, Muhammad Ali ^b   Yoo, Eric R ^c   Cholankeril, George ^d   Kim, Donghee ^d   Ahmed, Aijaz ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Fibrosis; Hepatic steatosis; Incidence; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Outcomes; Prevalence; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECONOMICS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FIBROSIS; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE COST; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FIBROSIS; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85039767083     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i47.8263     Document Type: Review

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