Plasma oestrone-fatty acid ester levels are correlated with body fat mass in humans

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-260

  Fernandez Real J M ^a   Sanchis, D ^b   Ricart, W ^a   Casamitjana, R ^c   Balada, F ^b,d   Remesar, X ^b   Alemany, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Laboratoris SALVAT SA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; STEROID METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTERS; ESTRONE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032983272     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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