A history of cranial radiotherapy is associated with a higher visceral to subcutaneous fat ratio in men with pituitary insufficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Borgers, Anke J ^a   Alkemade, Anneke ^a   Venema, Henk W ^a   Fliers, Eric ^a   Bisschop, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RESTING ENERGY EXPENDITURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOTAL FAT PERCENTAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SKULL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859414216     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-1023     Document Type: Article

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