Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in asymptomatic Brazilian adolescents

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-477

  Rocha, Raquel ^a   Cotrim, Helma Pinchemel ^a   Bitencourt, Almir Galvão Vieira ^a   Barbosa, Daniel Batista Valente ^a   Santos, Adméia Souza ^a   Almeida, Alessandro de Moura ^a   Cunha, Bruno ^a   Guimarães, Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Central obesity; Ethnicity; Insulin resistance; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 59249109351     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.473     Document Type: Article

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