Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: implications for human obesity.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on February 15, 2000

Authors

Y T Zhou1, P Grayburn, A Karim, M Shimabukuro, M Higa, D Baetens, L Orci, R H Unger

Author Affiliations

1: Gifford Laboratories, Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Quantification of Intramyocardial Lipid by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) | NCT00469911

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