Fatty liver in adolescents on the U.S.-Mexico border

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Sharp, Dayle Boynton ^a   Santos, Luis A ^b   Cruz, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Gastroenterology for Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hispanic; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); Overweight

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 63849102945     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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