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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2008; 14(9): 1415-1418
Published online Mar 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1415
Published online Mar 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1415
Fatty liver disease in severe obese patients: Diagnostic value of abdominal ultrasound
Alessandro de Moura Almeida, Helma Pinchemel Cotrim, Daniel Batista Valente Barbosa, Luciana Gordilho Matteoni de Athayde, Adimeia Souza Santos, Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt, Luiz Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia 41830-020, Brasil
Luiz Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas, Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Muniz-Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia 41830-020, Brasil
Adriano Rios, Erivaldo Alves, Núcleo de Cirurgia da Obesidade, Salvador, Bahia 41830-020, Brasil
Author contributions: Almeida AM and Cotrim HP designed research and wrote the paper; Almeida AM, Barbosa DBV, Athayde LGM, Santos AS and Bitencourt AGV performed research; Freitas LAR analyzed all histological samples; Rios A and Alves E performed the preoperative evaluation of patients and the surgeries.
Correspondence to: Helma Pinchemel Cotrim, PhD, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Tancredo Neves, Ed. Salvador Trade Center, Torre Norte-Sala 717, Salvador, Bahia 41830-020, Brazil. helmacotrim@terra.com.br
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Received: August 7, 2007
Revised: January 18, 2008
Published online: March 7, 2008
Revised: January 18, 2008
Published online: March 7, 2008
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