Liver failure caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an obese young male [3]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-329

  Suzuki, Daisuke ^a   Hashimoto, Etsuko ^a   Kaneda, Hiroyuki ^a   Tokushige, Katsutoshi ^a   Shiratori, Keiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 14844307837     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03724.x     Document Type: Letter

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4. Roberts EA. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in children. Current Gastroenterol. Reports 2003; 5: 253-9.