Prevalence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver in children and youth with obesity

BACKGROUND: Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL) is a spectrum of liver diseases (LD) that ranges from benign fatty infiltration of the liver to cirrhosis and hepatic failure. Hepatic ultrasound (US) and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are often used as markers of NAFL. Our aim is to describe prev...

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Autores principales: Jimenez-Rivera, Carolina, Hadjiyannakis, Stasia, Davila, Jorge, Hurteau, Julie, Aglipay, Mary, Barrowman, Nick, Adamo, Kristi B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5406891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0867-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5406891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0867-z

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