Hypothalamic origin of the Metabolic Syndrome X

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 892, Issue , 1999, Pages 297-307

  Björntorp, Per ^a   Rosmond, Roland ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPID; SEX HORMONE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUSHING SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC OBESITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SWEDEN; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0032796443     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07803.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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