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The Association Between Hepatic Fat Content and Liver Injury in Obese Children and Adolescents: Effects of ethnicity, insulin resistance, and common gene variants

OBJECTIVE: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are highly prevalent in obese youth. Herein, we aimed to study the association between hepatic fat accumulation as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and circulating levels of cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) fragments, a...

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Autores principales: Santoro, Nicola, Feldstein, Ariel E., Enoksson, Erik, Pierpont, Bridget, Kursawe, Romy, Kim, Grace, Caprio, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3631865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23275357
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-1791