Description The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Clinical
Practice Update Expert Review is to provide clinicians with guidance on the use of …

Chronic liver disease (CLD) leads to liver fibrosis; it is associated with approximately two
million annual deaths worldwide and is an enormous health burden.[1, 2] The majority of …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is expected to increase in prevalence because of
the ongoing epidemics of obesity and diabetes, and it has become a major cause of chronic …

Das Fortschreiten einer NASH ist assoziiert mit Leberzellstress, konsekutiver Entzündung
und Fibrose, mit potentieller Entwicklung einer Leberzirrhose, portaler Hypertension und der …

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Background and Aims Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) is a noninvasive
tool that uses liver stiffness measurement (LSM) to assess fibrosis. Since real-life data …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nowadays the most prevalent chronic liver disease
in Western countries, is characterized by a variable phenotype ranging from steatosis to …

Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of liver diseases
caused by the accumulation of fat in the liver, which can progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and …

Background and Aims A noteworthy proportion of patients with metabolic dysfunction–
associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have an indeterminate vibration-controlled …

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is the main condition of altered liver
enzymes worldwide. With a constant increase in liver hospitalizations, MAFLD is the second …