Liver Involvement in Obese Children (Ultrasonography and Liver Enzyme Levels at Diagnosis and During Follow-up in an Italian Population)
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 42 (7) , 1428-1432
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018850223495
Abstract
Our aim was to evaluate incidence and riskfactors of liver involvement in obese Italian childrenas assessed by both ultrasonographic and biochemicalparameters. In seventy-five consecutive obese...Keywords
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