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

• Main Authors: Carolina Jimenez-Rivera (Author), Stasia Hadjiyannakis (Author), Jorge Davila (Author), Julie Hurteau (Author), Mary Aglipay (Author), Nick Barrowman (Author), Kristi B. Adamo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract 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 descr...