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K King-Robinson

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Jamaican Patient Population

Issue: 
Vol 65, Issue 3: 2016
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.349
Pages: 
557-60
Synopsis: 
Prevalence of NAFLD on abdominal ultrasound was 2.4%. Increased BMI was present in 85.5%. Risk factors identified were age, obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidaemia. Hepatomegaly was present in 10.7% of patients, elevated serum AST in 21.2% of patients tested and elevated ALT in 3.7%.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study determined the prevalence and clinical features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease over a 6 year period in a patient population.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with fatty liver disease by ultrasound and/or liver biopsy between June 2006 to June 2012 at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica were reviewed.

Received: 
25 Jun, 2015
Accepted: 
21 Aug, 2015
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj_iss3_2016_557_560.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
obesity
Liver
Fatty liver
Journal Authors: 
K King-Robinson
MG Lee
D Whittle
M Mills
B Hanchard
S Shah
e-Published: 28 Dec, 2015

Whipple's Disease in an Afro-Caribbean National

Issue: 
Vol 63, Issue 1: Jan (2014)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.220
Pages: 
101–4

 ABSTRACT

Received: 
18 Jul, 2012
Accepted: 
25 Jul, 2012
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon whittle_et_al-whipples_disease.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Case Reports
Keywords: 
Antibiotic
diarrhoea
Tropheryma whipplei
Whipple's disease
Journal Authors: 
DO Whittle
NP Williams
AM Nicholson
K King-Robinson
R Kirsch
R Riddell
T Mazzulli
MG Lee
e-Published: 06 Jan, 2014
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