Cardiovascular risk factors, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and carotid artery intima-media thickness in an adolescent population in southern Italy.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on May 09, 2010

Authors

Carmelo Antonio Caserta1, Gaspare Maria Pendino, Angela Amante, Carmelo Vacalebre, Maria Teresa Fiorillo, Pasquale Surace, Arianna Messineo, Monica Surace, Saverio Alicante, Rodolfo Cotichini, Massimo Zuin, Francesco Rosmini, Alfonso Mele, Fabrizio Marcucci

Author Affiliations

1: Madonna della Consolazione Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

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