Adipokines in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: From Pathogenesis to Implications in Diagnosis and Therapy

• Auteurs principaux: Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis (Auteur), George V. Papatheodoridis (Auteur), Athanasios J. Archimandritis (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and can vary from benign steatosis to end-stage liver disease. The pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is currently thought to involve a multiple-hit process with the first hit being the...