• Liver biopsy remains the only diagnostic tool to stage NAFLD and to assess disease progression; clinical/biochemical parameters may be used as surrogate markers, but their accuracy is limited • The presence of multiple features of the metabolic syndrome is associated with more advanced and more progressive disease • Obesity and diabetes are associated with more aggressive liver disease, but their effect on final outcome is uncertain • Cardiovascular risk may compete with liver disease-related risk in dictating the final outcome • Longitudinal studies based on liver biopsy data are needed to define the natural history of disease

G. Marchesini Reggiani, R. Marzocchi (2007). NAFLD: a critical appraisal by the clinician. GENEVE : EASL, Kenes Intl..

NAFLD: a critical appraisal by the clinician

MARCHESINI REGGIANI, GIULIO;MARZOCCHI, REBECCA
2007

Abstract

• Liver biopsy remains the only diagnostic tool to stage NAFLD and to assess disease progression; clinical/biochemical parameters may be used as surrogate markers, but their accuracy is limited • The presence of multiple features of the metabolic syndrome is associated with more advanced and more progressive disease • Obesity and diabetes are associated with more aggressive liver disease, but their effect on final outcome is uncertain • Cardiovascular risk may compete with liver disease-related risk in dictating the final outcome • Longitudinal studies based on liver biopsy data are needed to define the natural history of disease
2007
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G. Marchesini Reggiani, R. Marzocchi (2007). NAFLD: a critical appraisal by the clinician. GENEVE : EASL, Kenes Intl..
G. Marchesini Reggiani; R. Marzocchi
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