Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children: A Single Center Experience

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 799-802

  A Kader, Hassan H ^a   Henderson, Jeff ^a   Vanhoesen, Kathy ^a   Ghishan, Fayez ^a   Bhattacharyya, Achyut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45849133826     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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