Does weight history affect fibrosis in the setting of chronic liver disease?

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-302

  Riley, Thomas R ^a   Taheri, Mohammad ^a   Schreibman, Ian R ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic liver disease; Fatty liver disease; Fibrosis; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EATING HABIT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 73949133153     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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