Prevalence of abnormal serum aminotransferase values in overweight and obese adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 727-733

  Strauss, Richard S ^a,b,c,d   Barlow, Sarah E ^a,b,c   Dietz, William H ^a,b,c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034089687     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(00)24645-3     Document Type: Article

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