Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3284351	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2009	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This long-term follow-up evaluation of NAFLD patients confirms that NASH patients have increased liver-related mortality compared with non-NASH patients. In addition, patients with NAFLD and type II diabetes are especially at risk for liver-related mortality.

Keywords

CLD CCF ALT NAFLD AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Cleveland Clinic Foundation Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ICD body mass index BMI International Classification of Diseases Nash

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Authors

Nila Rafiq, Chunhong Bai, Yun Fang, Manirath Srishord, Arthur McCullough, Terry Gramlich, Zobair M. Younossi,