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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2008; 14(6): 831-844
Published online Feb 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.831
Published online Feb 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.831
Classification of fatty liver | |
Classic metabolic syndrome associated fatty liver | ‘Fatty liver of the affluent’: commonest form of fatty liver; associated with metabolic syndrome |
The lean nonalcoholic fatty liver | Includes lipodystrophies, known and unknown adipose tissue defects of various origin resulting in lean phenotypes, |
Fatty liver of infection/chronic inflammatory diseases | liposuction (?) HCV, HBV, Q fever (?) autoimmune diseases Drugs like tetracycline, amiodarone, alcohol, environmental industrial toxins |
Xenobiotic fatty liver | |
Fatty liver of defective fatty acid catabolism | Reyes syndrome, reye like syndrome, sudden infant death syndrome, fatty liver of pregnancy |
Malnourishment associated fatty liver | ‘Fatty liver of the deprived’ : kwashiorkor |
Transient fatty liver | Fatty liver which develops transiently following short excess calorie intake |
- Citation: Sanal MG. The blind men ‘see’ the elephant-the many faces of fatty liver disease. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(6): 831-844
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i6/831.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.831