Young adult obese subjects with and without insulin resistance: what is the role of chronic inflammation and how to weigh it non-invasively?

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Published in J Inflamm (Lond) on March 16, 2009

Authors

Giovanni Tarantino1, Patrizia Colicchio, Paolo Conca, Carmine Finelli, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Marianna Tarantino, Domenico Capone, Fabrizio Pasanisi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Medical School of Naples, Italy. tarantin@unina.it.

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