Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in children and adolescents.
We describe 17 children with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. All had elevated levels of serum liver enzymes and 16 were morbidly obese. Liver biopsy showed variable steatosis and fibrosis in nine patients. At follow-up, 12 of 14 patients had persistent morbid obesity and 11 had elevated liver enzyme levels.
Manton
N D
ND
Department of Histopathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
Lipsett
J
J
Moore
D J
DJ
Davidson
G P
GP
Bourne
A J
AJ
Couper
R T
RT
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications