Apolipoproteins A-I and B in Kuwaiti children

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 202-210

  Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a   Shaltout, Azza A ^a   Nkansa Dwamena, David ^b   Mourad, Mohammad ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Childhood; Fat distribution; Kuwait; Lipids; Obesity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY FAT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KUWAIT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031685269     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012735     Document Type: Article

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