title: Liver disease and nutrition.
abstract: The liver plays a central role in the digestion, metabolism, and storage of nutrients. A deficiency of nutrients is often associated with liver disease and may be caused by decreased intake, decreased absorption, decreased storage, abnormalities in metabolism, or the increased requirements for nutrients. Alcoholism is a frequent cause of both malnutrition and liver disease, but nutritional deficiencies are also common in liver diseases not associated with alcoholism.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000378:metabolism; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000378:metabolism; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014508:Urea / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014815:Vitamins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D011506:Proteins; D014815:Vitamins; D014508:Urea