Obesity and inflammation: Evidence for an elementary lesion

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 220-223

  Sbarbati, Andrea ^a,c   Osculati, Francesco ^a   Silvagni, Davide ^a   Benati, Donatella ^a   Galiè, Mirco ^a   Camoglio, Francesco Saverio ^a   Rigotti, Gino ^b   Maffeis, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b City Hosp   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Inflammation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE INJURY; ADIPOCYTE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 33644848054     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2854     Document Type: Article

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