Tired, achy, and overweight, the inflammatory nature of obesity

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-

  Trock, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY;

EID: 67650330464     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31819559f7     Document Type: Letter

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