Androstane-3α,17β-diol glucuronide as a steroid correlate of visceral obesity in men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1528-1534

  Tchernof, André ^a   Labrie, Fernand ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a   Prud'homme, Denis ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^a   Tremblay, Angelo ^a   Nadeau, André ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIDE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTANE 3,17 DIOL GLUCURONIDE; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL GLUCURONIDE; ANDROSTERONE GLUCURONIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCURONIDATION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANDROSTERONE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; OBESITY; TESTOSTERONE; VISCERA;

EID: 0030612343     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.5.3924     Document Type: Article

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