Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	70822
Country	United States

Received	2021-08-16 17:02
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Case Control Study
Article Title	Prevalence of hypothyroidism and effect of thyroid hormone replacement therapy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A population-based study
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Ashraf Almomani, Asif Ali Hitawala, Prabhat Kumar, Sura Alqaisi, Dana Alshaikh, Motasem Alkhayyat and Imad Asaad
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Ashraf Almomani http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-0005 Asif Ali Hitawala http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2888-0172 Prabhat Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-4223 Sura Alqaisi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-8498 Dana Alshaikh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-0647 Motasem Alkhayyat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-8705 Imad Asaad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-6625
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Imad Asaad, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States. asaadi@ccf.org
Key Words	Hypothyroidism; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Core Tip	One of the largest population-based case-control studies screening more than 37 million patients to study the inconsistent relationship between hypothyroidism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and -to the best of our knowledge- the first paper investigating the theoretical role of thyroid hormone replacement in preventing NAFLD among hypothyroidism patients.
Publish Date	2022-03-24 14:13
Citation	Almomani A, Hitawala A, Kumar P, Alqaisi S, Alshaikh D, Alkhayyat M, Abou Saleh M, Asaad I. Prevalence of hypothyroidism and effect of thyroid hormone replacement therapy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A population-based study. World J Hepatol 2022; 14(3): 551-558 559-569
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v14/i3/551.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v14.i3.551

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