Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome after Liver Transplant

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome after Liver Transplant

Liver transplant is the unique curative therapy for patients with acute liver failure or end-stage liver disease, with or without hepatocellular carcinoma. Increase of body weight, onset of insulin resistance and drug-induced alterations of metabolism are reported in liver transplant recipients. In...

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Main Authors: Stefano Gitto, Erica Villa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
liver transplant
multifactorial disease
metabolic syndrome
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/4/490

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