Thyroid and obesity: An intriguing relationship

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3614-3617

  Biondi, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955370314     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1245     Document Type: Editorial

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