Inverse association between obesity and antinuclear antibodies in women

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2449-2451

  González, Delia Almeida ^a   De León, Antonio Cabrera ^a,b,d   Rodríguez Pérez, María C ^a   Coello, Santiago Domínguez ^a   Hernández, Ana González ^a   Fuentes, Rafael Castro ^c   Jaime, Armando Aguirre ^a   Diáz, Buenaventura Brito ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c University of La Laguna

^d San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; LEPTIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTIBODY TITER; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57349179963     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080322     Document Type: Letter

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