Adipokines: Novel players in rheumatic diseases

Discovery Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 81, 2013, Pages 73-83

  Conde, Javier ^a   Scotece, Morena ^a   López, Verónica ^a   Gómez, Rodolfo ^a   Lago, Francisca ^a   Pino, Jesús ^a   Gómez Reino, Juan Jesús ^a   Gualillo, Oreste ^b  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b Santiago University Clinical Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPONECTIN; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84885331828     PISSN: 15396509     EISSN: 19447930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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