Why the study?
Does the serum ALT test accurately detect fatty liver in obese children?
Does the serum ALT test accurately detect fatty liver in obese children?
Serum ALT is a highly sensitive screening test for detecting fatty liver in obese children, with prevalence increasing with the duration of obesity.
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May support ALT screening exploration in obese children; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Tazawa et al. (1997) studied this question.
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