Ectopic fat stores: housekeepers that can overspill into weapons of lean body mass destruction
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Minireview: weapons of lean body mass destruction: the role of ectopic lipids in the metabolic syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802851