Cellular characterization of adipose tissue from various body sites of women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2443-2447

  Rink, Joanne D ^a   Simpson, Evan R ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey J ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROMATASE; BREAST; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HIP; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029899876     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2443     Document Type: Article

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