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Study of Family Clustering and PNPLA3 Gene Polymorphism in Pediatric Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Indian pediatrics - 15 Jul 2018
Sood Vikrant, Khanna Rajeev, Rawat Dinesh, Sharma Shvetank, Alam Seema, Sarin Shiv Kumar
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OBJECTIVE: To find association of pediatric NAFLD with metabolic risk factors, and Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) gene polymorphism. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Pediatric Hepatology unit of a tertiary care hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Overweight/obese children (<18 years) with (69 patients) or without (30 patients) NAFLD (ultrasonography based), and their parents....
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