A meta-analysis of randomized trials for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-104

  Musso, Giovanni ^a   Gambino, Roberto ^b   Cassader, Maurizio ^b   Pagano, Gianfranco ^b  

^a GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; FENOFIBRATE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GEMFIBROZIL; GLUTATHIONE; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PIOGLITAZONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROBUCOL; RIMONABANT; ROSIGLITAZONE; SIMVASTATIN; TELMISARTAN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VALSARTAN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG EDEMA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SIDE EFFECT; STEATOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954239704     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23623     Document Type: Article

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