Prospective assessment of liver stiffness by shear wave elastography in childhood obesity: a pilot study.

Domenico Corica Antonio Bottari Tommaso AversaLetteria Anna MorabitoSelenia CuratolaAngela Alibrandi Giorgio Ascenti Malgorzata Gabriela Wasniewska

Published in: Endocrine (2021)

These results suggested a relation between weight loss, metabolic profile improvement and 2D-SWE value reduction. SWE could play a significant role in the non-invasive assessment of NAFLD in children and adolescents with obesity.

Keyphrases

weight loss
bariatric surgery
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
roux en y gastric bypass
type diabetes
weight gain
high fat diet induced
obese patients