The Case for an Immunologic Cause of Obesity

Biological Research For Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-53

  Rogge, Mary Madeline ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; immunity; infection; inflammation; obesity

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036655175     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800402004001006     Document Type: Article

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