Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: An emerging epidemic of global importance
Muhammed Mubarak
Abstract:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition that affects 30% of the world’s population, is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease (CLD) and liver transplantation. Although exact data are not available in many developing countries, its prevalence is increasing at alarming rates in many studies from these countries. The rising prevalence of NAFLD has paralleled the increasing rates of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Hence, more recently, it has been renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated … Show more
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