Genetic polymorphisms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese Egyptian children

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-270

  El Koofy, Nehal M ^a   El Karaksy, Hanaa M ^a   Mandour, Iman M ^b   Anwar, Ghada M ^a   El Raziky, Mona S ^a   El Hennawy, Ahmad M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of Chemical Pathology ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian children; manganese superoxide dismutase; microsomal triglyceride transfer protein; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; obesity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; C PEPTIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; STEATOSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-PEPTIDE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79960227616     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.82582     Document Type: Article

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