Pancreas volume with obesity in asians: Comparison with whites

Pancreas

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 657-659

  Saisho, Yoshifumi ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS VOLUME; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY PET; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS;

EID: 84898034780     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000064     Document Type: Letter

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