Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome: a concise review

Vol. 49 No. 1, 2008

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Letiția Adela Maria Streba, Doina Cârstea, P. Mitruț, C. C. Vere, Nicoleta Dragomir, C. T. Streba

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a clinicopathological entity increasingly recognized as a major health burden in developed countries. In the last decade, several studies have independently provided evidence for a strong association between NAFLD and each component of the metabolic syndrome, including central obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. This article focuses on epidemiological, clinical, pathogenic and therapeutic aspects, which link these two syndromes.

Corresponding author: Letiția Adela Maria Streba, MD, PhD, e-mail: letitiastreba@yahoo.com

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