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Steatosis in South African women: How much and why?

BACKGROUND: Globally, steatosis is the commonest type of liver pathology and is closely associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Obesity is common in urban African females but no data is available on hepatic fat content in this population group when compared to other ethnic groups. The ai...

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Autores principales: Naran, Nitien H., Haagensen, Mark, Crowther, Nigel J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29351564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191388