Retinol-Binding Protein 4: A Promising Circulating Marker of Liver Damage in Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-579

  Nobili, Valerio ^a   Alkhouri, Naim ^b   Alisi, Anna ^a   Ottino, Simonetta ^a   Lopez, Rocio ^b   Manco, Melania ^a   Feldstein, Ariel E ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLOME; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; SERUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349256422     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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