Omentectomy, visceral fat, and insulin resistance

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1979-

  Evans, John M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL HYPOXIA; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LETTER; OMENTUM; SECRETION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; OMENTUM;

EID: 70350499543     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.283     Document Type: Letter

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