Sonographic fatty liver in overweight and obese children, a cross sectional study in Isfahan

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Adibi, Atoosa ^a   Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Beihaghi, Abolfazl ^a   Salehi, Hamidreza ^a   Talaei, Mohammad ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Isfahan University of Medical Siences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child; Fatty liver; Obesity; Overweight; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PORTAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPLEEN;

EID: 64149107509     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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