Hepatic artery resistance in children with obesity and fatty liver

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-411

  Hizli, S ^a,e   Arslan, A ^b   Arslan, N ^c   Tuncel, S A ^a   Demircioglu, F ^c   Cakmakci H ^a   Buyukgebiz B ^d  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Departments of Radiodiagnostic   (India)

^c Departments of Hepatology and Nutrition   (Turkey)

^d Growth and Feeding Disorders Center   (Turkey)

^e GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Fatty liver; Hepatic artery resistive index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FATTY LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77955958889     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0045-x     Document Type: Article

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