Prevalence of fatty liver in children and adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1388-1393

  Schwimmer, Jeffrey B ^a   Deutsch, Reena ^b   Kahen, Tanaz ^a   Lavine, Joel E ^a   Stanley, Christina ^d   Behling, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic American; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750002388     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1212     Document Type: Article

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