NASH NAFLD Blog

Challenges in the Diagnosis of NAFLD, NASH and Comorbidities in the Pediatric Population

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat or lipids in the liver in the absence of significant alcohol uptake or viral infection. Within NAFLD there is a spectrum of disease ranging from excess storage of fat in the liver (NAFL) to fat plus inflammation (called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis …