The case of visceral fat: Argument for the defense

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1530-1532

  Klein, Samuel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY FAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; NOTE; PORTAL VEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; PORTAL SYSTEM;

EID: 2942741295     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200422028     Document Type: Review

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