Editorial: Abdominal fat: A key player in metabolic acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-142

  Petrov, Maxim S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREATITIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84872048310     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.384     Document Type: Review

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