Obesity and the Microbiota

Gastroenterology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1476-1483

  Tilg, Herbert ^a   Moschen, Alexander R ^a   Kaser, Arthur ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65249147213     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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