Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and childhood obesity

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-408

  Mathur, Prashant ^a   Das, Manoja K ^b   Arora, Narendra K ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Okhla Industrial Area   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Outcome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BETAINE; METFORMIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FIBROSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34248185417     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0068-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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