Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is a global public health problem and is associated with metabolic syndrome and dyslipidemia as well as very often with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).Aim & methods: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the preventive and curable role of vitamin E and pioglitazone (thiazolidinedione-type) in NASH patients with or without metabolic syndrome. 51 patients with NASH were divided into two groups: 26 patients with insuli...