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The terms NAFLD and NASH are limited by their reliance on exclusionary confounder terms and potentially stigmatising language. Therefore, to overcome these limitations, three pan-national liver associations Rinella et al. led a modified Delphi process to generate consensus on alternative nomenclature and criteria for fatty/steatotic liver diseases. Steatotic liver disease was chosen as an overarching term to encompass the various aetiologies of steatosis. The term steatohepatitis was felt to be an important pathophysiological concept that should be retained.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: From the Editor's Desk Source Type: research