Should visceral fat, strictly linked to hepatic steatosis, be depleted to improve survival?

Hepatology International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-428

  Finelli, Carmine ^a   Tarantino, Giovanni ^b  

^a Stella Maris Mediterraneo Foundation Chiaromonte   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD; NAFLD

Indexed keywords

PIOGLITAZONE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESPAN; LIPOSUCTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84879843464     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-012-9406-z     Document Type: Review

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