Current status of research on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in China
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2016.03.034
- VernacularTitle:我国非酒精性脂肪性肝病的研究现状
- Author:
Zhongjie HU
1
;
Jing ZHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Hepatitis C & Toxic Liver Disease, Beijing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
fatty liver;
China;
review
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2016;32(3):552-556
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the increasing prevalence rate of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), this disease has been taken more seriously, more and more studies have been carried out in this field, and some important progress has been made. This article introduces the important research findings in the epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, noninvasive diagnosis, and treatment of NAFLD, as well as related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in China within the past five years, in order to know the current status of related research. This article points out that there still exists a certain gap between related clinical and basic research in China and the rest of the world, especially in the public's perception and the medical workers′ emphasis on NAFLD. In the future, the research on epidemiology, pathogenesis, patient management, and drug therapies should be enhanced.
