Docosahexanoic Acid Plus Vitamin D Treatment Improves Features of NAFLD in Children with Serum Vitamin D Deficiency: Results from a Single Centre Trial.

There are no licensed treatments for non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adults or children. In NAFLD, several studies have shown a benefit of omega-3 fatty acid treatment on lipid profile, insulin-sensitivity and hepatic steatosis and it has also been suggested that Vitamin D treatment has...

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Main Authors: Claudia Della Corte, Guido Carpino, Rita De Vito, Cristiano De Stefanis, Anna Alisi, Stefano Cianfarani, Diletta Overi, Antonella Mosca, Laura Stronati, Salvatore Cucchiara, Massimiliano Raponi, Eugenio Gaudio, Christopher D Byrne, Valerio Nobili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5158039?pdf=render