… are dependent and addicted to alcohol. Abstinence can resolve alcoholic fatty liver disease
and can improve the survival rate of cirrhotic or decompensated liver failure patients. Thus, …

… Liver diseases are fast emerging as global health priorities… Fatty liver is described in the
setting of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as well as alcoholic liver disease (ALD), the …

… non-alcoholic fatty liver), to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is characterised by
necroinflammation and faster fibrosis progression than non-alcoholic fatty liver. NAFLD has a …

… Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now more common than alcoholic liver disease
… of obesity,1 and NAFLD is the most common cause of abnormal liver function tests.Its …

… to excess alcohol consumption. The prevalence of NAFLD is up to 30% in developed countries
and nearly 10% in developing nations, making NAFLD the most common liver condition …

… if successfully understood and exploited would not only address fatty liver disease but also
the other components of the metabolic syndrome such as obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemia. …

… ’ operational definition of NAFLD [13, 14] and to reach an international consensus as to
whether simple non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) is or is not a ‘disease’. A disease is a morbid …

… is based upon convincing evidence of absent or minimal alcohol … in liver biopsy and the
exclusion of other liver diseases. The natural history of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease remains …

… cause such as alcohol or drugs. It encompasses a spectrum of disease from non-alcoholic
fatty liver (NAFL) through to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and cirrhosis. …

… Although the prevalence rates of alcoholic liver disease and viral hepatitis have remained
stable, NAFLD and its associated comorbidities (obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance) …