Interrelationships between weight loss, body fat distribution and sex hormones in pre- and postmenopausal obese women

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 241, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 363-372

  Turcato, E ^a   Zamboni, M ^a   De Pergola, G ^b   Armellini, F ^a   Zivelonghi, A ^a   Bergamo Andreis, I A ^a   Giorgino, R ^a   Bosello, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

age; sex hormones; visceral fat; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030977650     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1997.120129000.x     Document Type: Article

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