Hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents;Esteatose hepática em crianças e adolescentes obesos

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Duarte, Maria Amélia Soares De Melo ^a,b   Da Silva, Giselia Alves Pontes ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL BARÃO DE LUCENA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSAMINASES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79955103863     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2065     Document Type: Article

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