NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE: PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

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7
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2017

Professor A. Svistunov, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science, MD; Professor M.A. Osadchuk, MD; D. Balashov, Candidate of Medical Sciences; M.M. Osadchuk, Candidate of Medical Sciences I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

The paper demonstrates the basic etiological and pathogenetic mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Special attention is paid to management tactics for such patients on the basis of the guidelines of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver, and the Russian Gastroenterological Association.
Keywords: 
hepatology
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
etiopathogenesis
management tactics

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