Racial and ethnic distribution of nonalcoholic fatty liver in persons with newly diagnosed chronic liver disease

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-379

  Weston, Shiobhan R ^a   Leyden, Wendy ^c   Murphy, Rose ^c   Bass, Nathan M ^a   Bell, Beth P ^d   Manos, M Michele ^b,c   Terrault, Norah A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 12844280471     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20554     Document Type: Article

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