"Starry sky" liver with fasting: Variations in glycogen stores?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-407

  Cazier, Paul R ^a,b   Sponaugle, Dale W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; TISSUE;

CENTRILOBULAR PATTERN; FASTING; GLYCOGEN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; STARRY SKY LIVER; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 0030152233     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.5.405     Document Type: Article

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