Intragastric balloon significantly improves nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score in obese patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A pilot study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 756-760

  Lee, Yin Mei ^a   Low, How Cheng ^a   Lim, Lee Guan ^a   Dan, Yock Young ^a   Aung, Myat Oo ^a   Cheng, Chee Leong ^a   Wee, Aileen ^a   Lim, Seng Gee ^a   Ho, Khek Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BALLOON; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84866381665     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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