Fatty Liver Diseases: NASH and Related Disorders is an unusual book: it combines a practical approach for students and physicians concerned with the problem with a clear overview on the causative mechanisms. It appeals to doctors and other health care workers who encounter this problem, as well as to pathologists and investigators interested in the field of liver disease. It will improve your diagnostic acumen for people with abnormal liver tests, advance your knowledge about this important subject and help with your specialist or undergraduate exams, and management of a common disorder.

Fatty Liver Diseases: NASH and Related Disorders isan unusual book: it combines a practical approach for students andphysicians concerned with the problem with a clear overview on thecausative mechanisms. It appeals to doctors and other health careworkers who encounter this problem, as well as to pathologists andinvestigators interested in the field of liver disease.It will improve your diagnostic acumen for people with abnormalliver tests, advance your knowledge about this important subjectand help with your specialist or undergraduate exams, andmanagement of a common disorder.

Contributors.Preface.1 Overview: an introduction to NASH and related fatty liverdisorders.2 Pathology of hepatic steatosis, NASH and relatedconditions.3 The epidemiology and risk factors of NASH.4 Insulin resistance in NAFLD: potential mechanisms andtherapies.5 NASH as part of the metabolic (insulin resistance)syndrome.6 NASH is a genetically determined disease.7 The pathogenesis of NASH: human studies.8 Animal models of steatohepatitis.9 Fatty acid metabolism and lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis ofNAFLD/NASH.10 Cytokines and inflammatory recruitment in NASH: experimentaland human studies.11 Mitochondrial injury and NASH.12 Cell biology of NASH: fibrosis and cell proliferation.13 Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of NAFLD.14 The clinical outcome of NAFLD including cryptogeniccirrhosis.15 Practical approach to the diagnosis and management of peoplewith fatty liver diseases.16 Management of NASH: current and future perspectives ontreatment.17 NAFLD, NASH and orthotopic liver transplantation.18 NAFLD/NASH is not just a 'Western' problem: someperspectives on NAFLD/NASH from the East.19 NAFLD/NASH in children.20 Steatohepatitis resulting from intestinal bypass.21 Specific disorders associated with NAFLD.22 Hepatocellular carcinoma in NAFLD.23 Does NASH or NAFLD contribute to comorbidity of other liverdiseases?.24 Recent advances.Index