The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis in morbidly obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 635-637

  Mottin, Cláudio C ^a   Moretto, Myriam ^a   Padoin, Alexandre V ^a,b   Swarowsky, Aline M ^a   Toneto, Marcelo G ^a   Glock, Luiz ^a   Repetto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Diagnostic ultrasound; Hepatic steatosis; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2642521468     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204323093408     Document Type: Article

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