Risk of severe liver disease in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with normal aminotransferase levels: A role for insulin resistance and diabetes

Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 792-798

  Fracanzani, Anna Ludovica ^a   Valenti, Luca ^a   Bugianesi, Elisabetta ^b   Andreoletti, Marco ^c   Colli, Agostino ^c   Vanni, Ester ^b   Bertelli, Cristina ^a   Fatta, Erika ^a   Bignamini, Daniela ^a   Marchesini, Giulio ^d   Fargion, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Hospital A Manzoni   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51349083814     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22429     Document Type: Article

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