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Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Southern Iran: A Population Based Study

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Fariborz Ghaffarpasand, Mojtaba Mahmoodi, Mehrzad Lotfi, Nima Zamiria, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh, Najmeh Maharlouei, Meisam Babaeinejad, Soheila Mehravar,

Hepatitis Monthly · 2013 · 138 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

The prevalence of NAFLD in this group of Iranian adult general population is 21.5%. NAFLD in Iranian population is associated with male gender, old age, obesity, and features of metabolic syndrome.

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