Relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and carotid artery atherosclerosis beyond metabolic disorders in non-diabetic patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Kang, Ji Hoon ^a   Cho, Kyoung Im ^a   Kim, Seong Man ^a   Lee, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Jae Joon ^a   Goo, Ja Jun ^a   Kim, Kyoung Nyoun ^a   Jhi, Joon Hyung ^a   Kim, Dong Jun ^a   Lee, Hyeon Gook ^a   Kim, Tae Ik ^a  

^a Maryknoll Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84866552363     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.126     Document Type: Article

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