Ultrasonographic and by computed tomography measurements of adipose tissue and metabolic changes associated with obesity in children;Mediciones ultrasonograficas y de tomografia computada de adiposidad y alteraciones metabolicas asociadas a obesidad en niños

Revista Chilena de Radiologia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 172-176

  Espinoza G, Aníbal ^a   Reyes J, Marcela ^b,c   Moraga M, Francisco ^a   Rebollo G, M Jesús ^a   Mericq, Verónica ^b   Castillo D, Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Proyecto UCh 0313 ^*

Author keywords

Childhood; Computed tomography; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Ultrasound; Visceral adiposity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247477163     PISSN: 0717201X     EISSN: 07179308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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