Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Saudi Type 2 Diabetic Subjects Attending a Medical Outpatient Clinic: Prevalence and general characteristics [2]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3351-3352

  Akbar, Daad H ^a,b   Kawther, Abeer H ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0344412841     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.12.3351-a     Document Type: Letter

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