Ultrasonography as a non-invasive tool for detection of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in overweight/obese Egyptian children

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3120-3123

  El Koofy, Nehal ^a   El Karaksy, Hanaa ^a   El Akel, Wafaa ^b   Helmy, Heba ^a   Anwar, Ghada ^a   El Sayed, Rokaya ^a   El Hennawy, Ahmad ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Egypt; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EGYPT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866976378     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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