Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Liver Damage and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We assessed whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and nocturnal hypoxemia are associated with severity of liver fibrosis and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and low prevalence of morbid obesity. Secondary aim was to explore the association of OSA and hyp...

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Autores principales: Petta, Salvatore, Marrone, Oreste, Torres, Daniele, Buttacavoli, Maria, Cammà, Calogero, Di Marco, Vito, Licata, Anna, Lo Bue, Anna, Parrinello, Gaspare, Pinto, Antonio, Salvaggio, Adriana, Tuttolomondo, Antonino, Craxì, Antonio, Bonsignore, Maria Rosaria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26672595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142210

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