Abstract

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a frequent cause of abnormal liver function tests and can be easily diagnosed in patients with obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. NAFLD is associated with insulin resistance and has always be treated as a part of metabolic syndrome. NAFLD used to be perceived as a seldom situation in non-obese subjects, but it’s currently becoming clear that NAFLD also occurs in this population. The main risk factors of non-obese NAFLD are still controversial and various in different regions, and can be contributed to insulin resistance as well. Herein, we report a liver injury in a non-obese patient with suspicious autoantibodies.

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