Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 275-279 , December 2008

Association of Insulin Resistance with Alanine Aminotransferase Activity in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

  • Chia-Chi Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Wah Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Sheng Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pin-Chao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hans Hsienhong Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Horng Kao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatic Research Center and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatic Research Center and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 20 February 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 5 May 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60050-6

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60050-6

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 275-279 , December 2008

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