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An overview of the 2026 European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Position Paper on the Screening, Diagnosis, and Investigation of Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).
Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is now the most common cause of persistently elevated liver enzymes in children and is increasingly encountered by pediatricians. To help pediatricians diagnose pediatric MASLD, experts reviewed over 200 articles and issued over 30 recommendations, updating a prior position paper published in 2012.
The terms MASLD and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) are now preferred over nonalcoh…