Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 22nd, 2007
Study 1: Current study results from the report, "The prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is greater in morbidly obese men compared to women," have been published. "Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a form of liver injury that is common in morbidly obese subjects. It has been shown that gender differences exist in the spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)," scientists in the United States report.
"The focus of this study was to further characterize these gender differences based on ATP III criteria used to diagnose the metabolic syndrome (MS). We...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-01-22)
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