MRI and ultrasound for hepatic fat quantification: Relationships to clinical and metabolic characteristics of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-547

  Pacifico, Lucia ^a,b   Celestre, Michela ^a   Anania, Caterina ^a   Paolantonio, Pasquale ^a   Chiesa, Claudio ^a,b   Laghi, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; MRI; NAFLD; Obese children; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 33947547651     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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