Obesity is not linked to increased whole-body mast cell burden in children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ward, Brant R ^a   Arslanian, Silva A ^b   Andreatta, Elisa ^b,c   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84859158189     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.11.050     Document Type: Article

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