Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is greatly increased in patients with lipodystrophy and some other forms of severe insulin resistance. Liver biopsy remains the definitive technique for diagnosis and staging of NAFLD. However, non-invasive techniques, such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are increasingly used to assess response to therapeutic interventions. The National Severe Insulin Resist...