Trunk Fat as a Determinant of Liver Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1244-1246

  Maher, Jacquelyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 77949857842     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.02.031     Document Type: Editorial

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