Racial differences in the lipid profiles of obese children and adolescents before and after significant weight loss

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 427-431

  Brown, R ^a   Sothern, M ^a   Suskind, R ^a   Udall, J ^a   Blecker, Uwe ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 0033927149     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900710     Document Type: Article

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