Hepatic steatosis and severity-related factors in obese children

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1532-1538

  Navarro Jarabo, Jose Maria ^a,b   Ubiña Aznar, Esther ^c   Tapia Ceballos, Leopoldo ^a   Ortiz Cuevas, Carmen ^d   Pérez Aísa, M Angeles ^a   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^b   Andrade, Raul J ^e   Perea Milla, Emilio ^a  

^a Pediatrics Unit Costa del Sol Sanitary Agency   (Spain)

^b Research Unit Research Network of Health Services in Chronic Diseases REDISSEC   (Spain)

^c Gastroenterology Unit Guadix HAR   (Spain)

^d Radiology Unit Guadix HAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase levels; Children; Hepatic disease; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity; Severity disease; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS; CHILDREN; HEPATIC DISEASE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; SEVERITY DISEASE; STEATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 84897584345     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12276     Document Type: Article

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