Population-based screening programs for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in youth and clues to prevention

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 774-776

  Manco, Melania ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF LIPID METABOLISM; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JUVENILE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MASS SCREENING; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 84895819445     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1290     Document Type: Editorial

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