Differential effect of gender on hepatic fat

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1146-1153

  Gilsanz, Vicente ^a   Chung, Sandra A ^a   Kaplowitz, Neil ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Gender difference; Hepatic Fat; Intra abdominal fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052634166     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2021-7     Document Type: Article

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