Letter: Is visceral adiposity index a predictor of liver histology in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-

  Li, Y ^a   Liu, L ^a   Wang, B ^a   Chen, D ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATHEROGENESIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX SCORE;

ADIPOSITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84873331471     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12210     Document Type: Letter

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