Bariatric therapy with intragastric balloon improves liver dysfunction and insulin resistance in obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1438-1442

  Ricci, Giorgio ^a   Bersani, Gianluca ^a   Rossi, Angelo ^a   Pigò, Flavia ^a   De Fabritiis, Giovanni ^a   Alvisi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Bariatric therapy; Fatty liver; Gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; Insulin resistance; Intragastric balloon; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849086533     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9487-x     Document Type: Article

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