Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention

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MedicineEpidemiologyDiseaseIntensive care medicineLiver diseaseObesityLiver biopsyGlobal healthHealth careMetabolic syndromeMEDLINEFatty liverEnvironmental healthPublic healthBiopsyInternal medicinePathologyEconomic growth

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Year: 2017
Type: review
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-20
Citations: 5003
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                                    Zobair M. Younossi, 
                                
                                    Quentin M. Anstee, 
                                
                                    M. Marietti
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention. 
                            Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
                            , 15
                            (1)
                            , 11-20.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2017.109
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2017.109