Leptin, hypoxia and metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2079-

  Macrea, Madalina ^a   Martin, Thomas ^a   Horowitz, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Leptin; Metabolic syndrome; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OXYGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80052825708     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5756     Document Type: Letter

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