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NASH and Nutritional Therapy

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-4-431-27172-7

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This collection of research and clinical findings on nonalcoholic steatchepatitis (NASH) and nutritional therapy contains significant new findings in several fields . As NASH frequently causes liver cirrhosis, the nutritional aspects of its treatment are discussed . Other areas covered include nonalcoholic fatty liver, the role of leptin in the pathogenesis of NASH, restricted diets and exercise therapy, mammalian targets of the peptide rapamycin, and genetic factors influencing the development of NASH.


Subject: Medicine, Hepatitis, Hepatology, Nutirtion therapy, alcohol, malnutrition, nutrition