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ReviewHepatology international2024

Epidemiology and diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease.

Yasser Fouad, Mohamed Alboraie, Gamal Shiha

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Review in Hepatology international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  7. [Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes: a new hope for metabolic-associated fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  17. Hepatogenomics of MAFLD in Asian Population: Genetic Polymorphisms and Pathway-Based Insights.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yasser FouadDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt. Yasser.abdallah@mu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-5318
Mohamed AlboraieDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Gamal ShihaEgyptian Liver Research Institute and Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common chronic liver illness worldwide is metabolic dysfunction linked to fatty liver disease (MAFLD), which is poorly understood by doctors and patients. Many people with this disease develop steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and its consequences, as well as extrahepatic manifestations; these conditions are particularly common if they are linked to diabetes mellitus or obesity. A breakthrough with numerous benefits is the switch from NAFLD to MAFLD in terms of terminology and methodology. The diagnosis of MAFLD is based on affirmative criteria; unlike NAFLD, it is no longer based on exclusion. The diagnosis of MAFLD and the evaluation of steatosis and fibrosis is achieved using liver biopsy and non-invasive laboratory or radiographic techniques. We briefly address the most recent developments in MAFLD epidemiology and diagnosis.

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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseBiopsyFatty LiverHumansLiverLiver CirrhosisObesityDiagnosisEpidemiologyFatty liverMAFLDMetabolic dysfunctionNAFLD

Identifiers

PMID38967907
PMCPMC11450050

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