Nonalcoholic Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents

• Published in: Clinics in liver disease Vol. 22; no. 4; p. 723
• Main Authors: Smith, Sara Kathryn, Perito, Emily R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Progression; Humans; Life Style; Mass Screening; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnosis; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - drug therapy; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Risk Factors; NAFLD; Fatty liver disease; NASH; Pediatric; Steatohepatitis

Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver disease in children. The spectrum of NAFLD ranges from steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to fibrosis. Obesity rates in children continue to rise and, as a result, NAFLD in children is becoming more pr...