Early interplay of intra-hepatic iron and insulin resistance in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-653

  Manco, Melania ^a   Alisi, Anna ^a   Real, Jose Manuel Fernandez ^b   Equitani, Francesco ^c   Devito, Rita ^a   Valenti, Luca ^d   Nobili, Valerio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hepcidin; Hereditary hemocromatosis; Insulin resistance; Insulin secretion; Iron; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Non alcoholic steato hepatitis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; IRON BALANCE; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MUTATION; NEWBORN; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 84860390545     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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