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Screening for elevated risk of liver disease in preschool children (aged 2–5 years) being seen for obesity management

OBJECTIVES: Elevated alanine aminotransferase can heighten concern for the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children. Guidelines recommend alanine aminotransferase screening of obese children start at the age of 10 years. We examined alanine aminotransferase values routinely obt...

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Autores principales: Beacher, Daniel R, Ariza, Adolfo J, Fishbein, Mark H, Binns, Helen J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26770745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312114555211