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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Fatty liver is commonly associated with alcohol or metabolic syndrome (diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia) but can also be due to any one of many causes:[1][2]

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References

  1. Angulo P (2002). "Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease". N. Engl. J. Med. 346 (16): 1221–31. doi:10.1056/NEJMra011775. PMID 11961152.
  2. Bayard M, Holt J, Boroughs E (2006). "Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease". American family physician. 73 (11): 1961–8. PMID 16770927.