Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 918-924, November 2009

Soft drink consumption is associated with fatty liver disease independent of metabolic syndrome

  • Ali Abid

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Ziv Medical Center, P.O. Box 1008, 13100 Safed, Israel
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Nazareth, Israel
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  • Ola Taha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Nazareth, Israel
  • ,
  • William Nseir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Nazareth, Israel
  • ,
  • Raymond Farah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel
  • ,
  • Maria Grosovski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Ort-Braude College, Karmiel, Israel
  • ,
  • Nimer Assy

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Ziv Medical Center, P.O. Box 1008, 13100 Safed, Israel
    • Technion Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 46828441; fax: +972 46828442.

Received 1 March 2009; received in revised form 17 May 2009; accepted 30 May 2009. published online 21 August 2009.

Associate Editor: C.P. Day

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 The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00532-7

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2009.05.033

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 918-924, November 2009