Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

References

Citations

  1. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (2004). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Digestive Diseases. Available online: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/nash/.

  2. Harrison SA, et al. (2002). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: What we know in the new millennium. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 97(11): 2714–2724.

  3. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1998). Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.pdf.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Gastroenterological Association (2002). AGA technical review on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology, 123(5): 1705–1725.

  • Angulo P (2002). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 346(16): 1221–1231.

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  • Nguyen MT (2002). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis section of Abnormal liver function tests. In SA Edmundowicz, ed., 20 Common Problems in Gastroenterology, pp. 283–285. New York: McGraw-Hill.


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Author: Monica RhodesLast Updated: July 18, 2007
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