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العنوان
NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN OBESE EGYPTIAN CHILDREN
الناشر
Cairo University.Faculty of Medicine . Department of Pediatrics.
المؤلف
Abd-Elhafeez,Taha Mohammed Darweesh
تاريخ النشر
2007
عدد الصفحات
161P.
الفهرس
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Abstract

Obesity has emerged as a significant global health problem in the children. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a serious complication of childhood obesity and characterized by macrovesicular steatosis that occur in the absence of consumption of harmful amounts of alcohol. NAFLD ranges from: simple steatosis, steatosis with nonspecific inflammation, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.