Need-to-Know NAFLD : The Complete Guide to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Paperback)

Preface ? Naim Alkhouri and Stephen A Harrison Section 1. Mechanisms of NAFLD Development 1.Historical Perspectives and Clinical Presentation - Imad Asaad, Naim Alkouri 2.Epidemiology and Natural History of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis - Linda Henry, Zobair M Younossi 3.Genetics of NAFLD - Luca Valenti, Cristiana Bianco 4.Mechanisms of hepatocyte injury and inflammation in NAFLD - Gopanandan Parthasarathy, Harmeet Malhi 5.The role of the microbiome - Carlos J Pirola and Silvia Sookoian Section 2. Diagnostic Tests 6.Simple Algorithms in Primary Care - Xixi Xu, and Michelle T. Long 7.Ultrasound based techniques in NAFLD - Vikas Taneja, Nezam H Afdhal, and Michelle J Lai 8.MRI-based technologies - Victor de Ledinghen 9.Artificial intelligence in NAFLD diagnosis - Joseph C. Ahn, and Samer Gawrieh Section 3. Management 10.Dietary interventions - Monica Tincopa 11.Weight Loss Medications - Mohammad Qasim Khan, Manhal Izzy, Kymberly D. Watt 12.De novo lipogenesis inhibitors - Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri 13.Targeting bile acids (FXRs and FGF19) - Daniel Garrido, Rukaiya Bashir Hamidu, Dina Halegoua-DeMarzio 14.PPAR agonists - Sven MA Francque 15.Anti-inflammatory drugs: Metabolic inflammation in NASH as a therapeutic target - Angelo Armandi, Jorn M. Schattenberg 16.Practical Aspects of Pharmacologic Management - Naim Alkhouri and Stephen A. Harrison Section 4. Extrahepatic Manifestations 17.Endocrinology: Diabetes and other endocrinopathies - Scott Isaacs, Julio Leey 18.Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Dania Brigham and Shikha S. Sundaram 19.Extrahepatic Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Rinjal Brahmbhatt, Mousab Tabbaa 20.Extrahepatic and Hepatic cancers - Maryam Ibrahim, Tracey G. Simon Section 5. NAFLD in special populations 21.NAFLD in Children: Unique Aspects and Controversies - Samar H Ibrahim, Rohit Kohli 22.NAFLD in HIV patients - Giada Sebastiani 23.NAFLD in Liver Transplant Recipients - Liyun Yuan and Norah Terrault 24.NAFLD in lean individuals - Donghee Kim and Vincent Wai-Sun Wong