Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Abstract

4/2025 vol. 11
Review paper

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in children

Malgorzata Pawlowska 1
  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Clin Exp HEPATOL 2025; 11, 4: 333–336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2025.155319
Online publish date: 2025/10/21
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the main chronic liver pathology in children and adolescents. The incidence of MASLD is increasing with the obesity pandemic; MASLD affects approximately 40% of obese children. The article presents diagnostic criteria for MASLD in children, studies of potential screening markers and suggestions for treatment procedures.

Keywords

children, MASLD, chronic liver disease

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