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    • Accuracy of a semi-quantitative ultrasound method to determine liver fat infiltration in early adulthood 
      Ibacache Álvarez, Camila; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Kim, Elissa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jofré, Boris; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (MDPI, 2020)
      An inexpensive and simple method to determine non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the abdominal ultrasound, but there are still doubts about its accuracy. We assessed the precision of a semi-quantitative ultrasound ...
    • Obesity and impairment of pancreatic beta-cellfunction in early adulthood, independent of obesity age of ... 
      Burrows Argote, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Rogan Castillo, José; Kim, Elissa; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2020)
      Aim: We investigated the relation of time of onset and length of obesity with biomarkers of beta-cell function in early adulthood in an infancy cohort. Material and methods: In 1039 23-year-olds, body-mass index (BMI) ...