Fatty liver: Experience from western India

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Amarapurkar, Anjali ^a,b   Ghansar, Tanveer ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Ameya Society   (India)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; India; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947119079     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31951-9     Document Type: Article

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