A key problem and challenge for hepatology: Obesity-related metabolic liver diseases

Balaban Y. H.

WORLD JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, vol.3, no.6, pp.142-146, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i6.142
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.142-146
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

With the arrival of the new millennium, gastroenterologists have been faced with the problem of metabolic liver diseases associated with obesity. The active role of the liver in metabolism and inflammation make it a key organ in the war against the rapidly-spreading world-wide epidemic of obesity. Many lives and much money could be saved if the work of hepatologists led to the development of effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies against this growing leader of cirrhosis. (C) 2011 Baishideng. All rights reserved.