Liver damage in obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 802-804

  Del Gaudio, Antonio ^a   Boschi, Luca ^a   Del Gaudio, Giovanni Alberto ^a   Mastrangelo, Laura ^a   Munari, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Liver biopsy; Liver pathology; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036965702     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202320995592     Document Type: Article

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