Metabolic Syndrome and Alcohol Abuse: A Potential Hepatocarcinogenic Mix in Adolescents

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-

  Alisi, Anna ^a   Nobili, Valerio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84856028240     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.07.013     Document Type: Letter

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