A primary care perspective of fatty liver: diagnosis, management, prescribing, and when to refer

Chitturi, Shivakumar; Farrell, Geoffrey

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A primary care perspective of fatty liver: diagnosis, management, prescribing, and when to refer

Date

2013

Authors

Chitturi, Shivakumar

Farrell, Geoffrey

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

Just over 30 years ago, the burden of liver disease in primary care was confined to patients with alcohol- and hepatitis virus-related diseases. Although some of these individuals posed significant management issues, they represented only a small fraction