Pericardial adipose tissue, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease risk factors: The Jackson heart study: Comment on Liu et al.

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Malavazos, Alexis Elias ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT; HEART MUSCLE; LETTER; MESODERM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; PERICARDIAL FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951628148     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0904     Document Type: Letter

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