Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the PNPLA3 gene

Medsurg Nurs. 2014 Mar-Apr;23(2):101-6, 121.

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a potentially fatal obesity-related condition, affects more than 70 million people in the United States. Nurses are well-positioned to impact this genetically influenced disease by is increasing awareness, providing patient education, and advocating for affected persons.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Comorbidity
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatty Liver / epidemiology
  • Fatty Liver / genetics*
  • Fatty Liver / nursing
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Variation
  • Humans
  • Lipase
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Lipase
  • adiponutrin, human