Abstract

DEL ALCAZAR CASIELLES, Mabel. Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.4, pp. 351-368. ISSN 0864-2125.

Obesity is a complex multifactor nutritional syndrome or disease with genetic, behavioral and environmental causes, and it is also the most common form of malnutrition in developed and in many developing countries. The NAFL is defined as an anatomical-pathological disease showing over 5 % macrovesicular accumulation of adiposity (triglycerides) in hepatocytes. The spectrum of this disease includes simple steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis that may be accompanied by several levels of fibrosis, and finally cirrhosis in the final stage. The objective of this review was to summarize in a monographic way the most essential aspects of this disease at pediatric ages so that this information may be used by any medical expert.

Keywords : non-alcoholic fatty liver; pediatrics; hepatocyte; steatosis; steatohepatitis.

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