Liver steatosis in obese prepubertal children: A possible role of insulin resistance

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-683

  D'Adamo, Ebe ^a   Impicciatore, Mario ^b   Capanna, Rita ^a   Loredana Marcovecchio, M ^a   Masuccio, Fabio G ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Mohn, Angelika A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; LIPIDS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40149087330     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.122     Document Type: Article

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