Ectopic fat assessment focusing on cardiometabolic and renal risk

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Lim, Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiorenometabolic risk; Ectopic fat; Imaging techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975745747     PISSN: 2093596X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2014.29.1.1     Document Type: Article

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