Brown adipose tissue: A novel marker for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-

  Purnak, Tugrul ^a   Ozaslan, Ersan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350116824     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.010     Document Type: Letter

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