Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Drs. Chalasani and Szabo are senior investigators in the field of fatty liver disease and have had extensive federal funding to investigate these areas. They both hold leadership positions and are recognized as experts in the field of fatty liver disease. For example, Dr. Chalasani is the lead author of the multi-society practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease& Dr. Szabo is the president-elect of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease which is the largest liver society in the world. They are also actively practicing clinicians and thus aware of clinically relevant knowledge gaps in the field.

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Global Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Pathogenesis of NAFLD and NASH.- Animal Models of Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Animal Models of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Genetic Basis of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Clinical Features, Disease Modifiers and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Clinical Features, Disease Modifiers, and Natural History.- Diagnostic Approaches and Clinical Endpoints of Treatment in Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Diagnostic Considerations and Clinical Endpoints for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.- Pathology of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Hepatic and Extra-Hepatic Malignancies in Alcoholic Liver Disease.- Hepatic and Extra-Hepatic Malignancies in NAFLD.- Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease Including Emerging therapies, Novel targets and Liver transplantation.- Current and Emerging Therapies for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children.

"The purpose is to serve as a review of both mechanisms of liver disease. The book is meant to compare the two unique diseases, which share several mechanisms. ... The book summarizes current knowledge and contains updates on recent research. ... This is a high quality resource on the topic of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, providing an in-depth discussion of the mechanisms ... ." (Ryan R. Sefcik, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)