Open AccessNealkogol'naya zhirovaya bolezn' pechenipri ozhirenii
Author(s) -
K. A. Komshilova,
Е А Трошина,
С А Бутрова
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/2071-8713-4830
Subject(s) - fatty liver , steatohepatitis , medicine , cirrhosis , disease , steatosis , gastroenterology , metabolic syndrome , pathological , fibrosis , chronic liver disease , obesity
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic disease, uniting clinical and pathological changes in a liver:steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. NAFLD is associated with obesity especially of abdominal type and metabolicsyndrome, that raises cardiometabolic risk and effects morbidity, prognosis of the disease and life expectancy of patients. This articledescribes the basic mechanisms of development of NAFLD, classification, prognosis of the disease, diagnosis and treatment.