The Usefulness of the Abdominal Computerized Tomography for the Diagnosis of Childhood Obesity and Its Correlation with Various Parameters of Obesity |
Shim, Yoon Hee
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University)
Cho, Su Jin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University) Rhyu, Jung Hyun (Department of Diagnositic Radiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University) Hong, Young Mi (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University) |
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