Vlad Ratziu

2 months ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Christopher Byrne |Mary E. Rinella |Jeffrey V. Lazarus |Vlad Ratziu

KeywordsMale, Female, Humans, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Delphi Technique, Hepatomegaly, Surveys and QuestionnairesAbstractThe principal limitations of the terms NAFLD and NASH are the reliance on exclusionary confounder terms and the use of potentially stigmatising language. This study set out to determine if content experts and patient advocates were in favor of a change in nomenclature and/or definition. A modified Delphi process was led by three large pan-national liver associations.