Hepatic steatosis index: A simple screening tool reflecting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 503-508

  Lee, Jeong Hoon ^a   Kim, Donghee ^b   Kim, Hwa Jung ^a,c   Lee, Chang Hoon ^a   Yang, Jong In ^b   Kim, Won ^a   Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Cho, Sang Heon ^b   Sung, Myung Whun ^b   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fatty liver; Hepatic steatosis index; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DILTIAZEM; ESTROGEN; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955553316     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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