Endocannabinoid system and its implications for obesity and cardiometabolic risk

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 10, Issue B, 2008, Pages

  Nesto, Richard W ^a   Mackie, Ken ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Endocannabinoid; Global cardiometabolic risk; Rimonabant; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; RIMONABANT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY BALANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPOGENESIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 67849115513     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum052     Document Type: Article

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