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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Fatty inflammation of the liver in people who do not abuse alcohol.

NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) tends to occur especially in overweight women with diabetes.

It is typically a chronic condition that causes no symptoms or very mild symptoms but can sometimes cause progressive scarring and cirrhosis of the liver

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