Abnormal liver function in children with metabolic syndrome from a UK-based obesity clinic

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1003-1007

  Wei, Christina ^a   Ford, Anna ^a   Hunt, Linda ^b   Crowne, Elizabeth C ^a   Shield, Julian P H ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80054736168     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.190975     Document Type: Article

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