Sentences with phrase «ultimately cirrhosis»

NAFLD can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and ultimately cirrhosis.

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The Ionis drug treats a form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease that can progress to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and ultimately liver...

However, in 25 to 30 percent of alcoholics what begins as accumulation of fat in the liver progresses to inflammation, fibrosis and ultimately irreversible cirrhosis, for which the only treatment is a liver transplant.

According to Munsey Wheby, president of the American College of Physicians, excess fat deposited in the liver is thought to trigger the production of inflammatory molecules that damage cells and ultimately — if left unchecked — lead to cirrhosis.