Importance of the liver ultrasound scores in pubertal obese children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 504-508

  Akcam, Mustafa ^a   Boyaci, Aslihan ^a   Pirgon, Ozgur ^a   Koroglu, Mert ^a   Dundar, Bumin N ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Insulin sensitivity; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER ULTRASOUNDS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION;

INSULIN; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876723976     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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