Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Other Places To Get Help

Organizations

American Liver Foundation (ALF)
75 Maiden Lane
Suite 603
New York, NY  10038
Phone: 1-800-GO-LIVER (1-800-465-4837)
Fax: (212) 483-8179
Web Address: www.liverfoundation.org
 

The American Liver Foundation (ALF) funds research and informs the public about liver disease. A nationwide network of chapters and support groups exists to help people with liver disease and their families. ALF also sponsors a national organ donor program to increase public awareness of the continuing need for organs.


Canadian Liver Foundation
2235 Sheppard Avenue East
Suite 1500
Toronto, ON  M2J 5B5
Phone: (416) 491-3353
1-800-563-5483
Fax: (416) 491-4952
E-mail: clf@liver.ca
Web Address: http://www.liver.ca
 

The Canadian Liver Foundation funds medical research and offers education and support programs for liver disease patients, their families and friends, health professionals, and the general public.


National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)
2 Information Way
Bethesda, MD  20892-3570
Phone: 1-800-891-5389
Fax: (703) 738-4929
E-mail: nddic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Web Address: www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/a-z.asp
 

This clearinghouse is a service of the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The clearinghouse answers questions; develops, reviews, and sends out publications; and coordinates information resources about digestive diseases. Publications produced by the clearinghouse are reviewed carefully for scientific accuracy, content, and readability. The clearinghouse does not provide medical advice.



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Author: Douglas Dana
Monica Rhodes
Last Updated: September 10, 2007
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology
Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine

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