NASH: The Hepatic Injury of Metabolic Syndrome: a Brief Update

Ibrahim Masoodi; Charanjit Singh; M. Ashraf Ganie; K. Alsayari

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); 265-270

NASH: The Hepatic Injury of Metabolic Syndrome: a Brief Update

Ibrahim Masoodi, Charanjit Singh, M. Ashraf Ganie, K. Alsayari

Received: 2010-11-03, Accepted: 2010-11-03, Published: 2009-07-01

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Abstract

Abstract: Non alcoholic fatty liver disease occurs in those who don’t consume alcohol in amounts considered harmful to the liver. Itrepresents a spectrum of conditions characterized histologically by mainly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis. There are two histological patterns of NAFLD: fatty liver alone and steatohepatitis. In this brief review, clinical and histologic spectrum, natural history, diagnosis, and management of this condition are discussed.