Plasma total and free fatty acids composition in human non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

• Author(s): De Almeida, IT ; Cortez-Pinto, H ; Fidalgo, G ; Rodrigues, D ; Camilo, ME
• Date: 2002
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21414
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Nutrition & Dietetics
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto da ULisboa

Description

Background and aim: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the association of steatosis with an inflammatory response, is a novel liver disease of unknown pathogenesis and prognosis. Triacylglycerols and their precursors, the fatty acids, are the likely ca