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Strong association between non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and low 25(OH) vitamin D levels in an adult population with normal serum liver enzymes

BACKGROUND: Hypovitaminosis D has been recently recognized as a worldwide epidemic. Since vitamin D exerts significant metabolic activities, comprising free fatty acids (FFA) flux regulation from the periphery to the liver, its deficiency may promote fat deposition into the hepatocytes. Aim of our s...

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Autores principales: Barchetta, Ilaria, Angelico, Francesco, Ben, Maria Del, Baroni, Marco Giorgio, Pozzilli, Paolo, Morini, Sergio, Cavallo, Maria Gisella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21749681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-9-85