What is it about?
Is NAFLD the only player of abnormal liver function tests in obesity?
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Why is it important?
Abnormal liver function tests predict more than just liver disease.
Perspectives
Writing tis article may beneficial for clinicians with regard to derangements of LFT in obesity. They are attributed to NAFLD but also to obesity itself and its related oxidative stress, insulin resistance, and chronic inflammatory state .
Mervat El-Eshmawy
Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
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This page is a summary of: Impact of obesity on liver function tests: is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease the only player? A review article, Porto Biomedical Journal, September 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000228.
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