Serum vitamin B12 and folate levels in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-666

  Polyzos, Stergios A ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Patsiaoura, Kalliopi ^b   Katsiki, Evangelia ^b   Zafeiriadou, Efthimia ^b   Zavos, Christos ^a   Deretzi, Georgia ^c   Tsiaousi, Eleni ^a   Slavakis, Aristidis ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Ippokration Hospital   (Greece)

^c PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84865311477     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2011.649249     Document Type: Article

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