Ultrasonography evaluation of abdominal fat in live rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 609-619

  Hida, Yoshifumi ^a   Matsui, Naoko ^a   Kawada, Teruo ^a   Fushiki, Tohru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Adipose tissue; Fat accumulation; TOBEC; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; ECHOGRAPHY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033431638     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.45.609     Document Type: Article

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