Liver involvement in obese children: Ultrasonography and liver enzyme levels at diagnosis and during follow-up in an Italian population

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1428-1432

  Franzese, Adriana ^a   Vajro, Pietro ^a   Argenziano, Alessandro ^a   Puzziello, Alessandro ^a   Iannucci, Maria Pina ^a   Saviano, Maria Carmela ^a   Brunetti, Francesco ^a   Rubino, Armido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Liver disease; Liver steatosis; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEATOSIS;

CHILD; DIET, REDUCING; ENZYME TESTS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030872385     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018850223495     Document Type: Article

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