The average of overweight individual can have differential fat depots in target organs or
specific compartments of the body. This ectopic fat distribution may be more of a predictive …

Fibrosis plays an important role in many different pathologies. It results from tissue injury,
chronic inflammation, autoimmune reactions and genetic alterations, and it is characterized …

Purpose To compare the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography (US), computed
tomography (CT), T1-weighted dual-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and point …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in
children. In order to advance the field of NAFLD, noninvasive imaging methods for …

Given that the variation in how regional adipose tissue handles and stores excess dietary
energy has substantial cardiometabolic implications, ectopic fat distribution might be an …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a multifactorial condition that encompasses a
wide spectrum of liver abnormalities ranging from simple liver steatosis to steatohepatitis …

Background Norursodeoxycholic acid is an orally administered side chain-shortened
homologue of ursodeoxycholic acid that undergoes hepatic enrichment with …

Trends in obesity have continued to increase in the developed world over the past few
decades, along with related conditions such as metabolic syndrome, which is strongly …

OBJECTIVE. The hepatorenal index has been reported to be a sensitive and noninvasive
test to quantify steatosis, but it is cumbersome and time-consuming and requires specialized …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a multifactorial condition, ranging from simple
steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without fibrosis. NAFLD affects both …