Corticosteroid receptors in mononuclear leucocytes of obese subjects

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-194

  Vettor, R ^a,b   Macor, C ^a   Novo, F ^a   Gottardo, C ^a   Zovato, S ^a   Simoncini, M ^a   Federspil, G ^a   Armanini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale 105   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; OBESITY; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031985181     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1560187     Document Type: Article

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