Serum Retinol-Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) and retinol in a cohort of borderline obese women with and without gestational diabetes

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-323

  Tepper, Beverly J ^a   Kim, Youn Kyung ^a,b   Shete, Varsha ^a,b   Shabrova, Elena ^a,b   Quadro, Loredana ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Gestational diabetes; Obesity; Retinol; Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4)

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249105073     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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