TY - JOUR AU - Lonardo, Amedeo AU - Suzuki, Ayako PY - 2018 TI - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: does sex matter? JF - Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition; Vol 8, No 2 (April 04, 2019): Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition (Special Focus on Antibodies and Liver Transplantation: Part 2) Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - The hallmark of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the intrahepatocyte accumulation of lipids with or without necro-inflammatory changes and ballooning [i.e., steatohepatitis or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)], fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is observed in dysmetabolic individuals in the absence of competing causes of chronic liver disease such as excess alcohol consumption, viral infections, autoimmune or hereditary conditions and steatogenic medications (1). UR - https://hbsn.amegroups.org/article/view/23129