Histological abnormalities in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and normal or mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase levels

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Molleston, Jean P ^a   Schwimmer, Jeffrey B ^b,c,d   Yates, Katherine P ^e   Murray, Karen F ^f   Cummings, Oscar W ^a   Lavine, Joel E ^g   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^h   Scheimann, Ann O ⁱ   Unalp Arida, Aynur ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STEATOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84896546184     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.071     Document Type: Article

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