Normal-weight 14-year-old girl with acanthosis nigricans and markedly increased hepatic steatosis: Evidence for the important role of ectopic fat deposition in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-380

  Springer, Fabian ^a   Nguyen, Huu Phuc ^b   Machann, Jürgen ^a   Schweizer, Roland ^b   Ranke, Michael B ^b   Binder, Gerhard ^b   Schick, Fritz ^a   Ehehalt, Stefan ^b  

^a Section on Experimental Radiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthosis nigricans; Children; Hepatic steatosis; Insulin resistance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHORISTOMA; DIET; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78149407349     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319707     Document Type: Article

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