Sonographic assessment of changes in thickness of different abdominal fat layers in response to diet in obese women

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Sabir, Nuran ^a,b   Pakdemirli, Emre ^a   Sermez, Yurdaer ^a   Zencir, Mehmet ^a   Kazil, Selcuk ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Fat; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 0037214392     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10129     Document Type: Article

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