Ultrasonographic intra-abdominal depth and its relation to haemostatic factors in healthy males

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 882-885

  Targher, G ^a   Tonoli, M ^a   Agostino, G ^a   Rigo, L ^a   Boschini, K ^a   Muggeo, M ^a   De Sandre, G ^a   Cigolini, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Haemostatic factors; Intra abdominal fat; Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN; INSULIN; LIPID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FACTOR VII; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0029746666     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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