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Fredrik Åberg
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Assoc. professor and consultant hepatologist at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Reposted by Fredrik Åberg
The way that screening for liver disease will work best is by doing it in at-risk groups

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Huge Hep Comm paper by @fredrikaberg.bsky.social

#liversky
Evidence-based criteria for identifying at-risk individuals ... : Hepatology Communications
thods: Data regarding individuals aged 40–70 years from Finnish health-examination surveys (FINRISK 2002–2012 and Health 2000, n=15,057) and the UK Biobank (n=454,990) were linked with healthcare re...
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March 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just out 🚨: The impact of 56 genetic variants associated with steatotic liver disease in 595 donor-recipient liver transplant pairs with >7yr-median follow-up and protocol liver biopsies 🧬
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Genetic Risk Factors for Steatotic Liver Disease After Liver Transplantation - PubMed
Various genetic variants contribute to post-LT SLD with separate variants among recipients and donors, with donor PNPLA3 rs738409-G as the most significant risk allele. Still, donor and recipient geno...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📢 Our newest: Predicting Major Liver-Related Events (LREs)! 🚨

Current fibrosis-based screening tools miss many at-risk individuals. We highlight LRE-focused models designed to estimate future risk rather than fibrosis presence.
Shifting toward proactive, preventive care!
Prediction of major liver-related events in the population using prognostic models
Abstract. Liver disease poses a significant global health burden, with steatotic liver disease related to metabolic dysfunction and/or alcohol use being th
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March 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to HEPATOLOGY journal for this special issue on alcohol-associated liver disease & the chance to review this alarming global crisis 🚨🌎: >11M life-years lost annually, leading cause of liver Tx, and rising impact on young people
🙏 Amazing author team⭐️
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Alcohol-associated liver disease—Global epidemiology : Hepatology
ty-adjusted life-years attributed to ALD, particularly pronounced in the United States, are alarming. Projections suggest that the economic impact of ALD, as seen in the United States, could potential...
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November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM