Effect of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on carotid artery intima-media thickness as a risk factor for atherosclerosis

AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of NAFLD on CIMT as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing worldwide due to rise of obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) prevalence. Non-invasive assessment of carotid intima-...

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Autores principales: Nahandi, Maryam Zaare, Khoshbaten, Manouchehr, Ramazanzadeh, Elham, Abbaszadeh, Leili, Javadrashid, Reza, Shirazi, Koorosh Masnadi, Gholami, Nasrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25436098

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