NASH and Nutritional Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Okita, Kiwamu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Tokyo, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Hepatology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Table of Contents:

• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL): Overview
• Role of Leptin in Pathogenesis of NASH
• Zone 3 Predominance of Histopathological Features in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
• Genetic Background of Japanese Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Predictors of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Japanese Patients: Thioredoxin and NASH
• Clinical Features of Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Pathogenesis and Significance of Restricted Diet and Exercise Therapy in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR)
• Effect of Oral Supplementation with Branched-Chain Amino Acids on Albumin Concentration in the Early Stage of Cirrhosis
• Nutritional Therapy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.