Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and its relationship to the autonomic nervous system in women with visceral and subcutaneous obesity: Effects of the corticotropin-releasing factor/arginine-vasopressin test and of stress

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-356

  Pasquali, Renato ^a   Anconetani, Bruno ^b   Chattat, Rabih ^b   Biscotti, Mimmo ^b   Spinucci, Giulio ^b   Casimirri, Francesco ^b   Vicennati, Valentine ^b   Carcello, Anastasia ^b   Labate, Antonio Maria Morselli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERA;

EID: 0029881473     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90290-5     Document Type: Article

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