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Editor in Chief: Elliot Tapper, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

NAFLD/NASH was first described in a 1980 series of obese, non-alcoholic patients of the Mayo Clinic.[1] Since that seminal description, our understanding of NAFLD has progressed minimally. [2] The disease is most closely associated with the increasing obesity, insulin resistance, type two diabetes mellitus and hyperlipedmia endemic to the developed world. Roughly half of all patients with NAFLD, however, do not meet criteria for metabolic syndrome. [3]

References

  1. Ludwig J, Viggiano TR, McGill DB, Oh BJ. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Mayo Clinic experiences with a hitherto unnamed disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 1980;55:434-438. PMID 7382552.
  2. Day, CP. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): where are we now and where are we going? Gut. 2002 May; 50(5): 585–588.
  3. Farrell GC, Larter CZ. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: from steatosis to cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2006;43:S99–S112.

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