The effect of Vitamin D supplementation on blood sugar and different indices of insulin resistance in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 100-104

  Foroughi, Mehdi ^a,b   Maghsoudi, Zahra ^a,b   Askari, Gholamreza ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood sugar; insulin resistance; non alcoholic fatty liver; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990949990     PISSN: 17359066     EISSN: 22285504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1735-9066.174759     Document Type: Article

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