Open AccessThe Interplay between Alcoholic Liver Disease, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Stephen Malnick,
Yasmin Maor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000507233
Subject(s) - fatty liver , metabolic syndrome , cirrhosis , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , medicine , alcoholic liver disease , obesity , disease , liver disease , chronic liver disease , hepatocellular carcinoma , etiology , pathogenesis , gastroenterology , bioinformatics , biology
Fatty liver may be the result of several factors. The two main contributors are nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD).