Evidence of adipocyte differentiation in human orbital fibroblasts in primary culture

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3428-3431

  Sorisky, Alexander ^a   Pardasani, Dheerja ^a   Gagnon, Annemarie ^a   Smith, Terry J ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EYE DISEASE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADIPOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EYE DISEASES; FIBROBLASTS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORBIT;

EID: 0029815152     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3428     Document Type: Article

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