Incidence and natural course of fatty liver in the general population: The dionysos study

Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1387-1391

  Bedogni, Giorgio ^a,d   Miglioli, Lucia ^b   Masutti, Flora ^a   Castiglione, Anna ^a   Crocè, Lory Saveria ^a,c   Tiribelli, Claudio ^a,c   Bellentani, Stefano ^b  

^a Liver Research Center   (Italy)

^b Carpi Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Centro Studi Fegato   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 36348935004     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21827     Document Type: Article

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