Related Subjects:
| Chronic liver disease
| Cirrhosis
| Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
| Liver Function Tests
| Ascites Assessment and Management
| Budd-Chiari syndrome
| Autoimmune Hepatitis
| Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
| Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
| Wilson disease
| Hereditary Haemochromatosis
| Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency
| Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
| Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
| Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease
| Liver Transplantation
NASH is a diagnosis of exclusion once viral, alcohol and other causes of liver disease are excluded. It is the main cause of previously termed cryptogenic cirrhosis. There is a risk of hepatocellular cancer
Be aware that in people with type 2 diabetes, NAFLD is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, ischaemic stroke and death from cardiovascular causes.
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