Research Article Details

Article ID: A46296
PMID: 19713981
Source: Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol
Title: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Disease and comorbidity--effects on quality of life.
Abstract: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has long been neglected by health-care professionals unless affected patients develop cirrhosis; however, new research shows this disease impairs health-related quality of life. The association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with chronic metabolic diseases and cardiovascular complications restricts our ability to define a specific role for liver damage in the poor perceived health status of these patients.
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2009.142