Tumor necrosis factor alpha gene G-308A polymorphism, insulin resistance, and fasting plasma glucose in young, older, and diabetic Japanese men

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1616-1618

  Ishii, Tatsuya ^a   Hirose, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Ikuo ^a   Nishikai, Kanako ^a   Maruyama, Hiroshi ^a   Saruta, Takao ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034532011     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/meta.2000.18560     Document Type: Article

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