Adipose tissue and reproduction in women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 795-825

  Bohler Jr , Henry ^a   Mokshagundam, Sriprakash ^a   Winters, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ANDROGEN; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTROGEN; FATTY ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RESISTIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ETHNICITY; GENETICS; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; OBESITY; PERICYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROMA CELL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 77955574730     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.079     Document Type: Article

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