Liver abnormalities in severely obese subjects: Effect of drastic weight loss after gastroplasty

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Luyckx, F H ^a   Desaive, C ^a   Thiry, A ^a   Dewe W ^a   Scheen, A J ^b   Gielen, J E ^a   Lefebvrc P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Liver function tests; Liver steatosis; Morbid obesity; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LIVER ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROPLASTY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031913573     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800571     Document Type: Article

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