Increased liver carnitine content in obese women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 18-25

  Harper, Pauline ^b   Wadström, Carl ^b   Backman, Lars ^b   Cederblad, Gitten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARNITINE; DNA; FATTY ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0028832024     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/61.1.18     Document Type: Article

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