Association of the frequency of peripheral natural killer T cells with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 4504-4508

  Xu, Cheng Fu ^a   Yu, Chao Hui ^a   Li, You Ming ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Shen, Zhe ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Natural killer T cells; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34548674932     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4504     Document Type: Article

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