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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is fatty inflammation of the liver when this is not due to excessive alcohol use. It is related to insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome, and may respond to treatments originally developed for other insulin resistant states , such as weight loss, metformin and thiazolidinediones. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is the most extreme form of NAFLD, which is regarded as a major cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis of the...


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