Waist circumference and mesenteric fat in neonates: Negative correlation

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1266-1269

  Alves, Joao Guilherme ^a   Farias, Maria Paula ^b   Gazineu, Renata Maria ^b   Bandeira, Francisco ^c   Menezes, Jucille ^a   Da Costa E Silva, Eduardo Just ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b Escola Pernambucana de Medicina (EPS)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Newborn; Sonography; Visceral adiposity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78651108148     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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