Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and the implications for bariatric surgery

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-151

  Pardee, Perrie E ^a   Lavine, Joel E ^a   Schwimmer, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cirrhosis; Histology; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649361544     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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