Fatty liver disease in severe obese patients: Diagnostic value of abdominal ultrasound

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1415-1418

  de Moura Almeida, Alessandro ^a   Cotrim, Helma Pinchemel ^a,d   Barbosa, Daniel Batista Valente ^a   de Athayde, Luciana Gordilho Matteoni ^a   Santos, Adimeia Souza ^a   Bitencourt, Almir Galvão Vieira ^a   de Freitas, Luiz Antonio Rodrigues ^b   Rios, Adriano ^c   Alves, Erivaldo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Tratamento e Cirurgia da Obesidade NTCO   (Brazil)

^d Ed Salvador Trade Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound diagnosis; Bariatric surgery; Fatty liver; Hepatic steatosis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149116703     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.1415     Document Type: Article

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