Interaction between aging and Syndrome X: New insights on the pathophysiology of fat distribution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 892, Issue , 1999, Pages 58-72

  Barzilai, Nir ^a,b   Gupta, Gaurav ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Div of Geriat and Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0032786470     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07785.x     Document Type: Article

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