• Pediatr Med Chir · Jan 1996

    [Liver damage and obesity in pediatric age].

    • L Iughetti, E Bacchini, I Dodi, A Bianchi, G Caselli, A Cozzini, A Ottaviani, and S Bernasconi.
    • Divisione di Pediatria, Azienda U.S.L. di Parma, Italia.
    • Pediatr Med Chir. 1996 Jan 1;18(1):57-9.

    AbstractIn adult obese patients both an increase of aminotranspherase values and hepatic steatosis have been frequently showed. Conversely in childhood the existence of a liver's damage is often not investigated. To assess the prevalence of hepatic alterations in obese children, we studied 135 subjects, all affected by simple obesity, showing in a 20% of them the presence of ultrasonographic evidence of hepatic steatosis and/or hyperaminotransferasemia. Our study demonstrates the existence of silent hepatic alterations also in obese children and suggests to improve the treatment of obesity in childhood to prevent the progression of liver's damage.

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