Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A New Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects nearly one-third of the world population and may increase the cardiometabolic risk, having cardiovascular consequences independently of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and of insulin resistance syndrome. NAFLD is a marker of ectopic accumulat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2015-06-01
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Series: | Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjdnmd-2015-0026 |