From NAFLD to MAFLD: when pathophysiology succeeds (original) (raw)
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Two new position papers convincingly propose that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease needs a new name — metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). A new name for this disease affecting nearly one billion people globally is overdue, as knowledge gained from the past decades has assuringly demonstrated that MAFLD is a purely metabolic disorder.
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Fig. 1: MAFLD: an ‘old’ new disease.

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Herbert Tilg & Maria Effenberger
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Tilg, H., Effenberger, M. From NAFLD to MAFLD: when pathophysiology succeeds.Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 17, 387–388 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-0316-6
- Accepted: 07 May 2020
- Published: 27 May 2020
- Version of record: 27 May 2020
- Issue date: July 2020
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-0316-6