Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis applicable only to metabolic syndrome?: Time to organize the connection between metabolism and atherosclerosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 124-125

  Lee, Seung Pyo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84866545577     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.124     Document Type: Editorial

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