Current guidelines for the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review with comparative analysis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 30, 2018, Pages 3361-3373

  Leoni, Simona ^a   Tovoli, Francesco ^a   Napoli, Lucia ^a   Serio, Ilaria ^a   Ferri, Silvia ^a   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Liver biopsy; Liver steatosis; Metformin; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Non invasive diagnosis; Pioglitazone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; PIOGLITAZONE; SILYMARIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STEATOHEPATITIS; STEATOSIS; BIOPSY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBROSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85051413612     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i30.3361     Document Type: Review

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