Intima-media thickness of carotid artery and susceptibility to atherosclerosis in obese children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-75

  Demircioǧlu, Fatih ^a   Koçyiǧit, Ali ^a   Arslan, Nur ^b   Çakmakçi, Handan ^a   Hizli, Şamil ^b   Sedat, Alparslan Tuncel ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gastroenterology Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Hepatosteatosis; Intima media; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTIMA; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

BULBUS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 55549115371     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31816232c9     Document Type: Article

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