Sonographic assessment of fatty liver infiltration using the measurement of para- and perirenal fat thickness

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 470-474

  Kawasaki, Satsuki ^a,b   Hasegawa, Osamu ^c   Satoh, Shinobu ^b,d   Numata, Kazushi ^c   Terauchi, Yasuo ^b  

^a Chigasaki Tokushukai Medical Center   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d CHIGASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Quantification; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHOLINESTERASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952201422     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20736     Document Type: Article

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