Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-131

  Mager, Diana R ^a,b   Roberts, Eve A ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALSTROM SYNDROME; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LOW FAT DIET; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; REVIEW; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 29244468261     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2005.10.007     Document Type: Review

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