PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF HEPATOLOGY (PSH) POSITION STATEMENT: RENAMING NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) TO STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE (SLD), ENDORSEMENT OF NEW MULTI-SOCIETY NOMENCLATURE

Authors

  • Zeeshan Ali Department of Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi-Pakistan
  • Mariam Riaz Department of Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi-Pakistan
  • Altaf Alam Evercare Hospital Lahore-Pakistan
  • Javed Iqbal Faroqi Al-Hayat Clinic Peshawar-Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55519/JAMC-04-12433

Keywords:

NAFLD, Fatty Liver, Diabetes, NASH, MASH, MASLD, ALD, MetALD, Steatotic Liver Disease, SLD

Abstract

The Nomenclature of diseases intends to have a system whereby diagnosis can be suitably catalogued without ambiguity or confusion. Therefore, the nomenclature of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is ambiguous owing to perplexity in terms of aetiology and possible stigmatizing language. To address these concerns, there is an apparent need for change in the current nomenclature.

Author Biography

Zeeshan Ali, Department of Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi-Pakistan

Associate Professor of Medicine Jinnah Sindh Medical University & JPMC Karachi Medical Unit III, Ward-7 JPMC Karachi

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Published

2023-10-10

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Vol. 35 No. 4 (2023): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD

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