Desmosterol in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 976-982

  Simonen, Marko ^a,b   Männistö, Ville ^a   Leppänen, Joel ^a   Kaminska, Dorota ^a   Kärjä, Vesa ^a   Venesmaa, Sari ^a   Käkelä, Pirjo ^a   Kuusisto, Johanna ^a   Gylling, Helena ^a,c   Laakso, Markku ^a   Pihlajamäki, Jussi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DESMOSTEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DESMOSTEROL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 84883212986     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26342     Document Type: Article

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