title: Diabetes and the hepatobiliary system.
abstract: Diabetes mellitus can lead to metabolic changes that alter normal hepatic and biliary function and structure. These alterations in hepatic and biliary function and structure are usually benign, but in certain situations lead to significant, disabling disease. This article reviews the hepatic and biliary complications of diabetes, with emphasis on epidemiology, diagnosis, and management, as well as the glucose intolerance seen in liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco/Mount Zion Medical Center, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Keeffe
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D016031:Liver Transplantation