Viral obesity: Fact or fiction?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-296

  Mitra, A K ^a   Clarke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus 36; Animal model; Human; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRAL OBESITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRPSC PROTEINS; VIRUS DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77949906476     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00677.x     Document Type: Review

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