Relationship between serum leptin and fatty liver in Japanese male adolescent university students

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3328-3335

  Tobe, K ^a   Ogura, T ^a   Tsukamoto, C ^a   Imai, A ^a   Matsuura, K ^a   Iwasaki, Y ^b   Shimomura, H ^b   Higashi, T ^b   Tsuji, T ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASES; FATTY LIVER; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0032747483     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00608-5     Document Type: Article

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