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Steatotic liver disease: a new name to reflect the combined role of alcohol and metabolic dysfunction

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Steatotic liver disease is part of a revised nomenclature to replace the term fatty liver disease, but this should also drive forward innovation in research, diagnostics and treatments.

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Fig. 1: An algorithm for diagnosing steatotic liver disease.

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  1. Centre for Liver Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

    Aleksander Krag

  2. Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Aleksander Krag

  3. University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Mary E. Rinella

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A.K. has served as a speaker for Novo Nordisk, Norgine, Siemens and Nordic Bioscience, has participated in advisory boards for Norgine, Siemens, Resalis Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novo Nordisk, all outside the submitted work, has received research support from Norgine, Siemens, Nordic Bioscience, Astra and Echosens, and is a a board member and co-founder of Evido. M.E.R. serves as a scientific consultant to Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, Intercept, CytoDyn, Histoindex, NGM Bio, GSK, Sonic Incytes, Histoindex and Madrigal.

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Krag, A., Rinella, M.E. Steatotic liver disease: a new name to reflect the combined role of alcohol and metabolic dysfunction. Nat Med 30, 933–936 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02849-3

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