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The potential role of fatty liver in paediatric metabolic syndrome: a distinct phenotype with high metabolic risk?
21 Sept 2012
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity and its metabolic consequences has dramatically increased in the last two decades urging physicians to find a reliable definition for early detection, treatment and possibly prevention of metabolic syndrome (MS). MS could be diagnosed in adult patients in the presence of a large waist circumference and ≥2 of the following features: high serum triglycerides, low serum...
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