Is Fatty Liver Related To Multiple Sclerosis?
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What Is It?
Multiple sclerosis, sometimes called just MS, is a disabling, neurological illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease also is progressive, meaning it continues to get worse over time.
Nerve cells normally are surrounded by an insulating sheath made of a fatty substance called myelin that helps to transmit nerve impulses. In MS, this myelin sheath is inflamed or damaged, which disrupts or slows nerve impulses and leaves areas of scarring called sclerosis. These areas...
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Fatty Liver
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Fatty liver is the accumulation of fat in liver cells. It is also called steatosis.Possible explanations of fatty liver include the transfer of fat... Read more »
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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