Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4): A biomarker for subclinical atherosclerosis

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 948-949

  Stuck, Bettina J ^a   Kahn, Barbara B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MICROALBUMINURIA; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA;

EID: 69249097456     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.124     Document Type: Note

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