Non alcoholic fatty liver disease in southern Iran: A population based study

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bagheri Lankarani, Kamran ^a   Ghaffarpasand, Fariborz ^a   Mahmoodi, Mojtaba ^a   Lotfi, Mehrzad ^b   Zamiri, Nima ^a   Heydari, Sayed Taghi ^c   Kazem Fallahzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Maharlouei, Najmeh ^a   Babaeinejad, Meisam ^b   Mehravar, Soheila ^b   Geramizadeh, Bita ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Metabolic Syndrome; Non alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Prevalence; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84881178712     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.9248     Document Type: Article

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