Epidemiology and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Hepatology International

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages S755-S764

  Duseja, Ajay ^a   Chalasani, Naga ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic cirrhosis; NAFLD; NASH; NHANES

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; HEMOCHROMATOSIS PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APO C3 GENE; ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HFE GENE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MC4R GENE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PNPLA3 GENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 85041480562     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-013-9480-x     Document Type: Review

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