Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ.

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Published in J Clin Endocrinol Metab on June 01, 2004

Authors

Erin E Kershaw1, Jeffrey S Flier

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. ekershaw@bidmc.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Effects of the Atkins Diet Versus a Low Fat Diet on Inflammation | NCT00993278

Evaluation of Endocrine and Metabolic Parameters in the New Diagnostic Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | NCT00784615

Paediatric Obesity and Cardiovascular Dysfunction | NCT03169257

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