Published in:
01-09-2016 | Editorial
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis: Further Reason for Teeth GNASHing?
Authors:
Christina Weiler-Normann, Ansgar W. Lohse
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 9/2016
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Excerpt
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the aggressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a public health burden of increasing significance associated with significant liver-related and -unrelated morbidity and mortality [
1]. Predisposing factors, apart from a partially defined genetic predisposition, include the presence of diabetes or pre-diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and lack of physical activity and exercise. This emerging disease, largely unknown only few decades ago, has developed into a worldwide health epidemic affecting not only 10–30 % of the Western population, but also increasing portions of populations in other parts of the world, including developing countries. …
